Mudslide-caused ecosystem degradation following Wenchuan earthquake 2008

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Ren, Diandong ^a,f   Wang, Jiahu ^b,c   Fu, Rong ^a,e   Karoly, David J ^d   Hong, Yang ^c   Leslie, Lance M ^c   Fu, Congbin ^e,f   Huang, Gang ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OZONE; CALIFORNIA; CARBON EMISSIONS; ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; FLUID MODELS; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; HURRICANE KATRINA; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; MECHANICAL REINFORCEMENT; NITROGEN LOSS; NITROUS OXIDE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAP; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EARTHQUAKES; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDSLIDES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; REINFORCEMENT; SOIL MECHANICS; VEGETATION;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FIRE; FOSSIL FUEL; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; LANDSLIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SOIL MECHANICS; TRANSPIRATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 65649127196     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036702     Document Type: Article

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