Slope stabilization and landslide size on Mt. 99 Peaks after Chichi Earthquake in Taiwan

Environmental Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 623-636

  Chen, Su Chin ^a   Wu, Chun Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chichi Earthquake; Landslide thickness; Landslide volume; Shallow slope failures

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; RAIN; SLOPE PROTECTION; VEGETATION;

CHICHI EARTHQUAKE; LANDSLIDE THICKNESS; LANDSLIDE VOLUME; SHALLOW SLOPE FAILURES;

LANDSLIDES;

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FIELD SURVEY; HILLSLOPE; LANDSLIDE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESEARCH WORK; SLOPE STABILIZATION; SOIL PROFILE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

PLANTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NANTOU; TAIWAN;

EID: 33745683909     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0236-y     Document Type: Article

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