Preliminary investigation of some large landslides triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan Province, China

Landslides

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-54

  Wang, Fawu ^a   Cheng, Qiangong ^b   Highland, Lynn ^c   Miyajima, Masakatsu ^d   Wang, Huabin ^e   Yan, Changgen ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Disaster; Earthquake; Landslide; Sichuan Earthquake

Indexed keywords

CHINA; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGES; GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS; LARGE PARTS; LOCAL TIME; POWER STATIONS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE; SICHUAN PROVINCES; SURFACE FAILURES; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKES;

ACCIDENTS; LANDSLIDES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

EID: 64949203796     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-009-0141-z     Document Type: Article

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