Interpretation of earthquake-induced landslides triggered by the 12 May 2008, M7.9 Wenchuan earthquake in the Beichuan area, Sichuan Province, China using satellite imagery and Google Earth

Landslides

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-159

  Sato, H P ^a   Harp, E L ^b  

^a GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; FORMOSAT 2; Google Earth; Landslides; Satellite; Sichuan; SPOT5; Wenchuan

Indexed keywords

FORMOSAT-2; GOOGLE EARTH; SICHUAN; SPOT5; WENCHUAN;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; LANDSLIDES;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SPOT;

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

EID: 67349233094     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-009-0147-6     Document Type: Article

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