Inventory and Typology of Landslide-Dammed Lakes if the Cordillera Blanca (Peru)

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53483-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-319-53483-1</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Inventory and Typology of Landslide-Dammed Lakes if the Cordillera Blanca (Peru)

Original language description

The main objective of this study is to provide inventory of landslide-dammed lakes in the Cordillera Blanca, overview on their typology and discuss their geomorphological significance exemplified by two case studies. Existing, failed and infilled landslide-dammed lakes are simultaneously present in the area of interest. Three sub-types of existing landslide-dammed lakes are distinguished: (i) landslide/rockslide-dammed lakes situated in the main valleys; (ii) debris cone-dammed lakes situated in the main valleys; (iii) lakes situated on landslide bodies irrespective their location. Lakes of sub-types (i) and (ii) reach significant sizes, while lakes of sub-type (iii) do not. The dam formation of lake sub-types (i) and (iii) is usually connected with a single event, while the dams of sub-type (ii) are usually formed by several generations of debris deposition over time. It was shown, that landslide-dammed lakes in the study area are characterized by relatively low mean lake water level elevation (4115 m a.s.l.) and large catchments (in some cases up to 80 km2 ), compared to other lake types. Lakes of sub-type (ii) are predominantly situated in central glacierized part of the Cordillera Blanca, while lakes of sub-types (i) and (iii) are situated rather in the already deglaciated piedmont areas, reflecting the conditions and mechanisms of dam formation. Two illustrative examples are, further, studied in detail: rockslide-dammed Lake Purhuay close Huari in Marañon River catchment; debris cone-dammed Lake Jatuncocha in Santa Cruz valley, Santa River catchment.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10508 - Physical geography

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides : Landslides in Different Environments

ISBN

978-3-319-53482-4

Number of pages of the result

8

Pages from-to

259-266

Number of pages of the book

557

Publisher name

Springer

Place of publication

Cham

UT code for WoS chapter

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