Rainfall-triggered debris flows following the Wenchuan earthquake

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-194

  Tang, C ^a   Zhu, J ^a   Li, W L ^a   Liang, J T ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulated precipitation; Debris flows; Intensive rainfall; Lithology; Rainfall conditions; Seismic landslides; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATED PRECIPITATION; DEBRIS FLOWS; INTENSIVE RAINFALL; RAINFALL CONDITIONS; SEISMIC LANDSLIDES; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

DEBRIS; EARTHQUAKES; LANDSLIDES; LITHOLOGY; PETROLOGY;

RAIN;

ACCUMULATION RATE; DEBRIS FLOW; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GULLY EROSION; LITHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

ASIA; BEICHUAN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

EID: 67349094527     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-009-0201-6     Document Type: Article

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