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Page 60
... IMPOUNDMENT Quite apart from the ecological devastation it causes in the area drowned by a dam's reservoir , impoundment prevents a river's silt from being carried to the sea . That silt - which generally con- tains large quantities of ...
... IMPOUNDMENT Quite apart from the ecological devastation it causes in the area drowned by a dam's reservoir , impoundment prevents a river's silt from being carried to the sea . That silt - which generally con- tains large quantities of ...
Page 105
... impoundment of a res- ervoir , but those do not seem to have been given much signifi- cance . As late as 1958 , Professor Richter felt able to claim that Lake Mead " represents a local condition : similar shocks were not observed in ...
... impoundment of a res- ervoir , but those do not seem to have been given much signifi- cance . As late as 1958 , Professor Richter felt able to claim that Lake Mead " represents a local condition : similar shocks were not observed in ...
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... impounded in the lake . " * In light of our present knowledge of reservoir - induced seis- micity , it is difficult to see how the government of India can justify the construction of the Tehri dam . Nor is Tehri the only dam un- der ...
... impounded in the lake . " * In light of our present knowledge of reservoir - induced seis- micity , it is difficult to see how the government of India can justify the construction of the Tehri dam . Nor is Tehri the only dam un- der ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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