Regional patterns of earthquake-triggered landslides and their relation to ground motion

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Meunier, Patrick ^a   Hovius, Niels ^a   Haines, A John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

EPICENTER; GROUND MOTION; SHAKE MAPS; THRUST FAULTS;

LANDSLIDES;

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; GROUND MOTION; LANDSLIDE; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; PEAK ACCELERATION; THRUST FAULT;

EID: 37349090721     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031337     Document Type: Article

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