support from the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant no.KZZD-EW-05-01);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Grant no.41201012,41371038);the Hundred Young Talents Program of the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment(Grant no.SDSQB-2013-01)
Landslide dams commonly form when mass earth or rock movements reach a river channel and cause a complete or partial blockage of the channel.Intense rainfalls can induce upstream flows along a sloping channel that sig...