Initiation of the Tungmen debris flow, eastern Taiwan

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 459-473

  Chen, Hongey ^a   Chen, R H ^b   Lin, M L ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Discontinuities; Hazards

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DISCONTINUITY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE;

TAIWAN; TUNGMEN;

EID: 0033502475     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.v.4.459     Document Type: Article

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