Landslides triggered by the Avaj, Iran earthquake of June 22, 2002

Engineering Geology

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 166-182

  Mahdavifar, Mohammad R ^a   Solaymani, Shahryar ^a   Jafari, Mohammad K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Avaj; Changureh; Earthquake; Iran; Landslide

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDES; MAPS;

FAULT ZONE; HISTORICAL EARHQUAKES; ROCKSLIDE;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT ZONE; LANDSLIDE;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33746520707     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2006.02.016     Document Type: Article

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