The 12 May Wenchuan earthquake-induced landslide lakes: Distribution and preliminary risk evaluation

Landslides

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-223

  Cui, Peng ^a,b   Zhu, Ying yan ^a,b   Han, Yong shun ^c   Chen, Xiao qing ^a,b   Zhuang, Jian qi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Flood outburst; Landslide lake; Risk evaluation; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; DAM HEIGHT; DAM STRUCTURE; DEBRIS FLOWS; DISASTER RELIEF; DISASTER ZONES; EARTHQUAKE DISASTER; FAILURE RISK; FAULT RUPTURES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; RISK EVALUATION; RISK REDUCTIONS; RIVER CHANNELS; ROCK AVALANCHE; SICHUAN PROVINCE; WATER STORAGE CAPACITY; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

DAMS; DEBRIS; DISASTER PREVENTION; EARTHQUAKES; FORESTRY; LAKES; LANDSLIDES; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER ANALYSIS;

FLOODS;

DISASTER RELIEF; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FLOOD; LAKE; LANDSLIDE; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER CHANNEL; ROCK AVALANCHE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

EID: 70349504172     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-009-0160-9     Document Type: Article

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