Performance of Models for Flash Flood Warning and Hazard Assessment: The 2015 Kali Gandaki Landslide Dam Breach in Nepal
The 2015 magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake and its aftershocks weakened mountain slopes in Nepal. Co- and postseismic landsliding and the formation of landslide-dammed lakes along steeply dissected valleys were widespread, among them a landslide that dammed the Kali Gandaki River. Overtopping of the l...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Mountain Society
2017-02-01
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| Series: | Mountain Research and Development |
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| Online Access: | http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00043.1 |