Case Study: Effects of a Partial-Debris Dam on Riverbank Erosion in the Parlung Tsangpo River, China

Case Study: Effects of a Partial-Debris Dam on Riverbank Erosion in the Parlung Tsangpo River, China

This paper examines two successive debris flows that deposited a total of 1.4 million m3 of sediment into the Parlung Tsangpo River in China in 2010. As a result of these deposits, a partial-debris dam was formed in the river. This dam rerouted the discharge in the river along one of the riverbanks,...

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Main Authors: Clarence Edward Choi, Yifei Cui, Kelvin Yuk Kit Au, Haiming Liu, Jiao Wang, Dingzhu Liu, Hao Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Water
Subjects:
river
debris flow
partial-debris dam
fluvial erosion
limit equilibrium analysis
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/3/250

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