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Dam Engineering and Its Environmental Aspects

Author : Petar T. Milanović

Published in: Environmental Geology

Publisher: Springer US

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Dam

Civil structure planned, constructed, and operated to meet human needs in flood control, irrigation, supply of drinking water, electricity generation, recreation, and various other purposes.

Dam failure

Collapse or movement of part of a dam or its foundation, so that the dam cannot retain water.

Guaranty ecological flow

Required quantity and quality of flow to maintain the sustainability of the river ecosystem (ecological base flow).

Induced subsidence

Collapse of the surface of the ground due to human activities, mostly reservoir operation and intensive pumping of groundwater.

Karst

Terrain composed of highly soluble rocks (limestone, dolomite, gypsum, and salt), very risky environment for dams and reservoirs construction.

Large dams

Dams having a height of 15 m from the foundation or, if the height is between 5 and 15 m, having a reservoir capacity of more than 3 million cubic meters.

Reservoir-triggered seismicity

Seismic phenomena associated with impounding of reservoirs (reservoir-induced seismicity).

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Title: Dam Engineering and Its Environmental Aspects
Author: Petar T. Milanović
Publisher: Springer US
Book: Environmental Geology
Print ISBN: 978-1-4939-8786-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4939-8787-0

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8787-0_308