Incorporing the paleoseismological and paleoflood speleological evidence to the safety of the water systems of Latin America and the Caribbean
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dams, reservoirs, karst, caves, safety, paleoseismology, paleofloods
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Two groups of events compromise the safety of the water works in Latin America and the Caribbean: the heavy rains and the onset of flash floods with the side effects of landslides, subsidence, and slope movements and those linked to the seismic and volcanic hazards. The improvement in the geologic and hydrologic design and operation of dams, channels, reservoirs is a necessity that should account for: a) the inclusion of the new data collected since the design and construction of the water works and b) the extension of the hydrologic and seismic data beyond the historic and instrumental data allowing the consideration of a changing climate in zones of low to medium seismicity.
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Molerio León L. (1). Incorporing the paleoseismological and paleoflood speleological evidence to the safety of the water systems of Latin America and the Caribbean. Cub@: Medio Ambiente Y Desarrollo, 20(38). Retrieved from https://cmad.ama.cu/index.php/cmad/article/view/9
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Geomorphological Studies in Southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 473-486.
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Palaeohydrology and Environmental Change. Wiley, Chichester, pp. 1-1
Baker, V.R. (2008): Paleoflood hydrology: Origin, progress, prospects. Geomorphology 101 (2008) 1-13
Becker, A., C. A. Davenport, U. Eichenberger, E. Gilli, P.Y. Jeannin, C. Lacave (2006): Speleoseismology: a critical perspective. J Seismol (2006) 10:371-388
Carson, E.C. (2013): Ancient Floods, Modern Hazards: Principles and Applications of Paleoflood Hydrology. P. Kyle House, Robert H. Webb, Victor R. Baker, and Daniel L. Levish (Editors), 2001, American Geophysical Union, Water Science and Application Series, Volume 5, Washington, DC, vi 386 pp. Book reviews. Geoarchaeology: An International Journal, Vol. 18, No. 2, 283-286 (2003)
De Membrillera M. G.; Escuder I.; González J. y Altarejos L. (2005): Aplicación del Análisis de Riesgos a la Seguridad de Presas. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Editorial UPV Ref.: 2005.2522, 104:
De Membrillera M. G.; Escuder I.; González J. y Altarejos L. (2015): Risk Analysis, Dam Safety, Dam Security and Critical Infrastructure Management. Proc. 3rd International Forum on Risk analysis, Dam Safety, Dam Security and Critical Infrastructure Management, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Valencia, España, 395:
Forti, P. (2001): Seismotectonic and paleoseismic studies from speleothems: the state of the art. Geol. Belgica. Vol Karst & Tectonics 4(3-4):175-185
Gilli E. (1995): Recording of earth movements in karst. Actes 5th Int. Conf. Seism. Zonation 17-18 oct 1995. Nice
House, P. Kyle, Robert H. Webb, Victor R. Baker, Daniel R. Levish (2002): Ancient floods, modern hazards: principles and applications of paleoflood hydrology. Water Science and Application 5, American Geophysical Union, Washington, 380:
AEA (2010): Seismic Hazards in Site Evaluation for Nuclear Installations. Specific Safety Guide. IAEA Safety Standards Series No. SSG-9. Vienna, 80:
IAEA (2015): The Contribution of Palaeoseismology to Seismic Hazard Assessment in Site Evaluation for Nuclear Installations. International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA-TECDOC-1767, Vienna, 212:
Kochel, R.C., Baker, V.R., (1982): Paleoflood hydrology. Science 215, 353-361.
Kochel, R.C., Baker, V.R., (1988): Paleoflood analysis using slackwater deposits. In: Baker, V.R., Kochel, R.C., Patton, P.C. (Eds.), Flood Geomorphology. Wiley, NY, pp. 357-376.
Molerio-León, L.F. (2016): Paleoseismology and Speleothems: Looking for the Speleological Record of Earthquakes in Western Cuba. NSS News, May 2016, National Speleological Society, 174(5):8-11
Molerio-León, L.F. (2017): Evidencias espeleológicas de paleosismos en el Occidente de Cuba. Gota a gota, nº 14 (2017): 76-88 Grupo de Espeleología de Villacarrillo, G.E.V. (ed.) https://sites.google.com/site/espeleovillacarrillo/home/gota-a-gota-no-14-2017?overridemobile=true&tmpl=%2Fsystem%2Fapp%2Ftemplates%2Fprint%2F&showPrintDialog=1
Molerio León, L.F. (2020): Caves and Dam Safety. Improving Design with Evidences from Paleoseismology and Paleohydrology. ResearchGate, 5: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341794335
Núñez Haugh, L., Díaz Luque, J.A. Y Molerio-León, L.F. (2020): Indicadores de paleosismicidad derivados de espeleotemas fracturadas en cavernas del campo gasopetrolífero de Boca de Jaruco, Mayabeque, Cuba. Gota a gota, nº 21: 1-9. Grupo de Espeleología de Villacarrillo, G.E.V. (ed.)
Wieland M. (2010): Dam safety and earthquakes. International Water Power and Dam Construction. Newsletter, ISSN: 0306-4000, London, UK, 20 September 2010.