Determination of critical rainfall thresholds for debris-flow occurrence in central Taiwan and their revision after the 1999 Chi-Chi great earthquake

International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment, Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 103-114

  Fan, J C ^a   Liu, C H ^a   Wu, M F ^a   Yu, S K ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical rainfall threshold; Debris flow; Earthquake; Effective rainfall path; First order stream; Peak ground acceleration

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; RAIN; SLOPE STABILITY; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

CRITICAL RAINFALL THRESHOLD; DEBRIS FLOW; EFFECTIVE RAINFALL PATH; FIRST-ORDER STREAM; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION (PGA);

DEBRIS;

EID: 24644446163     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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