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Natural and Artificial Rockslide Dams

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Editors:
  1. Stephen G. Evans

    1. Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences, Landslide Research Program, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

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  2. Reginald L. Hermanns

    1. Dept. Geophysics, Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, Norway

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  3. Alexander Strom

    1. Institute of the Geospheres Dynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

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  4. Gabriele Scarascia-Mugnozza

    1. Dipto. Scienze della Terra, Università Roma, La Sapienza, Roma, Italy

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  • First detailed treatment of both natural and artificial rockslide dams Unique classification of rockslide dams by use of remote sensing Up to the minute documentation of latest rockslide in China
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences (LNEARTH, volume 133)

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In the last one hundred years, a number of catastrophic events associated with rockslide dam formation and failure have occurred in the mountain regions of the world. This book presents a global view of the formation, characteristics and behaviour of natural and artificial rockslide dams. Chapters include a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of our global understanding natural and artificial rockslide dams, overviews of approaches to rockslide dam risk mitigation, regional studies of rockslide dams in India, Nepal, China, Pakistan, New Zealand, and Argentina. Rockslide dams associated with large-scale instability of volcanoes are also examined. Detailed case histories of well-known historic and prehistoric rockslide dams provide examples of investigations of rockslide dam behaviour, stability, and characteristics. The formation and behaviour of rockslide-dammed lakes ("Quake Lakes") formed during the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, China are also comprehensively summarised. The formation, sedimentology and stability of rockslide dams is examined in several analytical papers. An analysis of break-out floods from volcanogenic lakes and hydrological methods of estimating break-out flood magnitude and behavior are reviewed. The use of remote sensing data in rockslide-dammed lake characterisation is explored and a new approach to the classification of rockslide dams is introduced. Finally, a unique section of the book summarises Russian and Kyrgyz experience with blast-fill dam construction in two papers by leading authorities on the technology. The volume contains 24 papers by 50 authors from 16 countries including most of the recognised world authorities on the subject.

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. The Formation and Behaviour of Natural and Artificial Rockslide Dams; Implications for Engineering Performance and Hazard Management

    • Stephen G. Evans, Keith B. Delaney, Reginald L. Hermanns, Alexander Strom, Gabriele Scarascia-Mugnozza
    Pages 1-75

  3. Engineering Measures for the Hazard Reduction of Landslide Dams

    • Robert L. Schuster, Stephen G. Evans
    Pages 77-100

  4. Technical and Human Aspects of Historic Rockslide-Dammed Lakes and Landslide Dam Breaches

    • C. Bonnard
    Pages 101-122

  5. Rockslide and Rock Avalanche Dams in the Southern Alps, New Zealand

    • O. Korup
    Pages 123-145

  6. Landslide Dams in the Central Andes of Argentina (Northern Patagonia and the Argentine Northwest)

    • Reginald L. Hermanns, Andres Folguera, Ivanna Penna, Luis Fauqué, Samuel Niedermann
    Pages 147-176

  7. Rock Avalanche Dams on the Trans Himalayan Upper Indus Streams: A Survey of Late Quaternary Events and Hazard-Related Characteristics

    • Kenneth Hewitt
    Pages 177-204

  8. Rockslide Dams in the Northwest Himalayas (Pakistan, India) and the Adjacent Pamir Mountains (Afghanistan, Tajikistan), Central Asia

    • Keith B. Delaney, Stephen G. Evans
    Pages 205-242

  9. Stability and Life Span of Landslide Dams in the Himalayas (India, Nepal) and the Qin Ling Mountains (China)

    • J.T. Weidinger
    Pages 243-277

  10. Volcanic Natural Dams Associated with Sector Collapses: Textural and Sedimentological Constraints on Their Stability

    • Lucia Capra
    Pages 279-294

  11. Formation and Treatment of Landslide Dams Emplaced During the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, Sichuan, China

    • Peng Cui, Yongshun Han, Dang Chao, Xiaoqing Chen
    Pages 295-321

  12. The Importance of Geological Models in Understanding and Predicting the Life Span of Rockslide Dams: The Case of Scanno Lake, Central Italy

    • G. Bianchi-Fasani, C. Esposito, M. Petitta, G. Scarascia-Mugnozza, M. Barbieri, E. Cardarelli et al.
    Pages 323-345

  13. Formation, Characterisation and Modeling of the Val Pola Rock-Avalanche Dam (Italy)

    • G. B. Crosta, P. Frattini, N. Fusi, R. Sosio
    Pages 347-368

  14. The 1786 Dadu River Landslide Dam, Sichuan, China

    • C. F. Lee, F.C. Dai
    Pages 369-388

  15. La Josefina Landslide Dam and Its Catastrophic Breaching in the Andean Region of Ecuador

    • Galo Plaza, Othon Zevallos, Éric Cadier
    Pages 389-406

  16. The Flims Rockslide Dam

    • Andreas von Poschinger
    Pages 407-421

  17. Usoi Rockslide Dam and Lake Sarez, Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan

    • A. R. Ischuk
    Pages 423-440

  18. Rock-Avalanche Size and Runout – Implications for Landslide Dams

    • T.R. Davies, M.J. McSaveney
    Pages 441-462

  19. Prospects for Prediction of Landslide Dam Geometry Using Empirical and Dynamic Models

    • O. Hungr
    Pages 463-477

  20. The Grain-Size Distribution of Rock-Avalanche Deposits: Implications for Natural Dam Stability

    • Stuart A. Dunning, P.J. Armitage
    Pages 479-498
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences, Landslide Research Program, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

    Stephen G. Evans

  • Dept. Geophysics, Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, Norway

    Reginald L. Hermanns

  • Institute of the Geospheres Dynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

    Alexander Strom

  • Dipto. Scienze della Terra, Università Roma, La Sapienza, Roma, Italy

    Gabriele Scarascia-Mugnozza

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