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E. Draganits, B. Grasemann, C. Janda, C. Hager, A. Preh:
"300 MWBaspa II-India's largest private hydroelectric facility on top of a rock avalanche-dammed palaeo-lake (NW Himalaya): Regional geology, tectonic setting and seismicity";
Engineering Geology, 169 (2014), S. 14 - 29.



Kurzfassung englisch:
This study aims for the characterization of the geological setting of 300 MW Baspa II, India's largest private
hydroelectric facility which was built on top of a relict rock avalanche dammed palaeo-lake (Baspa Valley, NW
Himalaya). Geologically, the hydroelectric installation is located in the Higher Himalayan Crystalline, just
above the active Karcham Normal Fault, which is reactivating the Early Miocene Main Central Thrust, one of
the principal Himalayan faults. The area is seismically active and mass-movements are common. At ca. 8200 yr
BP the Baspa River was blocked behind a 142 × 106 m3 rock avalanche dam which created a ca. 260 m deep
palaeo-lake. The whole palaeo-lakewas completely filled with sediments in about 3100 years, making the Sangla
palaeo-lake to a very rare example of a mass-movement dam with very long duration.
The hydroelectric installation was built with its intake situated directly on top of the mass-movement dammed
palaeo-lake of Sangla, utilizing the convex knick point in the river profile to increase the head for Baspa II for ca.
125 m, compared to the reconstructed longitudinal profile of the river prior to the mass-movement, which
amounts for about 18% of its design head.
At least 5 levels of soft-sediment deformation have been recorded in the exposed part of the lacustrine sediments
of Sangla palaeo-lake, including brecciated laminae, overturned laminae, folds, faults and deformation bands,
separated by undeformed deposits. They are interpreted as seismites, indicating at least 5 earthquakes within
2495 ± 297 years strong enough to cause liquefaction. These observations extend the local seismicity record
considerably into the past and indicate more and possibly stronger seismic events than might be expected
from the instrumental measurements.

Schlagworte:
Mass-movement dams, Dam longevity, Hydroelectricity, Active tectonics, Seismites, Lacustrine sediments


"Offizielle" elektronische Version der Publikation (entsprechend ihrem Digital Object Identifier - DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2013.11.009


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