Lessons from the Case History of a Massive Landslide Dam

A massive landslide created a natural dam on two tributaries of Jhelum River near the town of Hattian Bala in Kashmir in October 2005. The landslide was triggered by a 7.6 Mw earthquake. The resulting unconsolidated dam and water impoundment upstream carried hazard potential of downstream damage to...

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Main Authors: Fawad S. Niazi, Aranzazu Pinan-Llamas, Kamran Akhtar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Geofluids
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8840629