Rockfall-Dammed Lakes in the Baikal Region: Evidence from the Past and Prospects for the Future

• Main Authors: G. Ufimtsev, T. Skovitina, A. Kulchitsky
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Dammed Lake; Lake May; permafrost; taiga; Siberia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1023/A:1008052217740

The mountain province of East Siberia, which includes the Baikal Rift system, is a zone of high tectonic and seismic hazard. Earthquakes and coseismic faulting are dangerous not only by themselves but also as far as they initiate rock collapse and downslope movement of unconsolidated deposits, which...