Analysis of a spatial distribution of landslides triggered by the 2004 Chuetsu earthquakes of Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Natural Hazards

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-60

  Wang, Huabin B ^a,b   Sassa, K ^a   Xu, W Y ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chuetsu earthquakes; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Seismic landslides; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GIS; LANDSLIDE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SLOPE ANGLE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TYPHOON;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; NIIGATA;

EID: 34147133894     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-9009-x     Document Type: Article

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