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Update on ICOLD Embankment Dam Technical Committee Works

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Dam Breach Modelling and Risk Disposal (ICED 2020)

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The ICOLD Embankment Dams Technical Committee is one of the most active among the ICOLD TC. The paper presents a short resume of the last eight (8) Bulletins published, on the ongoing proposed Bulletins and an update of the activities of the working groups.

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Tournier, JP. (2020). Update on ICOLD Embankment Dam Technical Committee Works. In: Zhang, JM., Zhang, L., Wang, R. (eds) Dam Breach Modelling and Risk Disposal. ICED 2020. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46351-9_5

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