Hazard assessment of dangerous landslides and glacial lake outburst floods, Cordillera Blanca, Peru
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Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) No. P209/11/1000, time of solution 2011-2014, head of the project Jan Klimeš (cooperator in the Faculty of Science Vít Vilímek)
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Assessment of natural hazards using precipitation and water infiltration monitoring data, archive information and results of field mapping and remote sensing data interpretation will be performed in the selected glacial valleys of the Cordillera Blanca, Peru. Slope stability calculations will include shallow water infiltration modeling and parametric assessment of the subsurface water levels. The glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) possibly triggered by landslide collapse into the lake will be modeled interms of channel and unconfined overland flow. The results will enable for reliable landslide and GLOFs susceptibility and hazard assessment resulting into zonation of the studied region considering also effects of predicted climate changes. The adopted approach will improve the natural hazard assessment possibly contributing to higher safety of the local population and bringing innovative results for new methodology applicable also in other high mountain regions.
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