financially supported by the program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant no.KZZD-EW-05-01);the programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41030742,41190084)
A series of flume experiments were done to investigate the effect of grain composition on the critical gradient and discharge of debris flows initiated in seasonal gullies. The results indicated that the critical grad...
These works were supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41571004, 41172321, and 41030742), and the Southwest Jiaotong University Doctor Innovation Fund. We thank Yuncheng Zhang, Yiliang Zhou, Haiqiang Guo, and Hongzhou Ai for their work in fields.
Moraine dams usually collapse due to over- topping by the surge wave in the dammed lake, and the surge wave is most likely caused by an earthquake. The seismic water wave (SWW) is a major factor causing the dam to b...