Dynamic decision making for dam-break emergency management – Part 2: Application to Tangjiashan landslide dam failure

Tangjiashan landslide dam, which was triggered by the <i>M</i><sub>s</sub> = 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 in China, threatened 1.2 million people downstream of the dam. All people in Beichuan Town 3.5 km downstream of the dam and 197 thousan...

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Main Authors: M. Peng, L. M. Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-02-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/13/439/2013/nhess-13-439-2013.pdf