A CATASTROPHIC LANDSLIDE AND TSUNAMI IN THE RESERVOIR OF THE BUREYSKAYA HYDROPOWER PLANT (THE AMUR RIVER BASIN)
© 2019 V. V. Kulakov¹·*, A. N. Makhinov¹, V. I. Kim¹, A. V. Ostroukhov¹
¹Institute of Water and Environmental Problems, the Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences,
(IWEP FEB RAS), ul. Dikopol’tseva 56, Khabarovsk, 680000 Russia
*E-mail: vvkulakov@mail.ru

The natural, geological, cryological and hydrogeological conditions and causes of the formation of a catastrophic landslide and tsunami are considered that occurred in the reservoir of Bureyskaya HPP on December 11, 2018. The negative impact of this and other hazardous natural processes on the potential vulnerability of the territory during the water reservoir operation is predicted.

Keywords: landslide, tsunami, Bureyskaya HPP, water reservoir.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0869-78092019312-20

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