Earthquake-triggered increase in sediment delivery from an active mountain belt

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 733-736

  Dadson, Simon J ^a   Hovius, Niels ^a   Chen, Hongey ^b   Dade, W Brian ^c   Lin, Jiun Chuan ^b   Hsu, Mei Ling ^b   Lin, Ching Weei ^d   Horng, Ming Jame ^e   Chen, Tien Chien ^f   Milliman, John ^g   Stark, Colin P ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^f Natl Sci/Technol Ctr Disaster Prev   (Taiwan)

^g VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^h Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Fluvial erosion rates; Landslides; Sediment supply; Taiwan; Typhoons

Indexed keywords

EPICENTER; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; EARTHQUAKE-TRIGGERED LANDSLIDES; FLUVIAL EROSION; GEOMORPHIC IMPACTS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEQUENTIAL PROCESS; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL; TAIWAN;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STORMS; EARTHQUAKES; EROSION; HURRICANES; LANDSLIDES;

TECTONICS; SEDIMENTS;

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE; LANDSLIDE; MOUNTAIN; OROGENIC BELT; SEDIMENT YIELD; TRIGGER MECHANISM; ACTIVE FAULT; BELT; EROSION RATE; HILLSLOPE; MASS WASTING; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SUBSTRATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; CHICHI;

EID: 4344616169     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20639.1     Document Type: Article

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