Emergency assessment of seismic landslide susceptibility: A case study of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake affected area

Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-217

  Chuan, Tang ^a   Jing, Zhu ^a   Jingtao, Liang ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

GIS; Landslide; Qingchuan area; Susceptibility; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DECISION MAKERS; GIS; LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY; LARGE-SCALE LANDSLIDES; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NUMERICAL RATING; QINGCHUAN AREA; SLOPE INSTABILITY; STUDY AREAS; SUSCEPTIBILITY; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LITHOLOGY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

LANDSLIDES;

EID: 70349595899     PISSN: 16713664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11803-009-9025-4     Document Type: Article

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