Landslides triggered by the 1949 Khait earthquake, Tajikistan, and associated loss of life

Engineering Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 195-212

  Evans, Stephen G ^a   Roberts, Nicholas J ^a   Ischuk, Anatoli ^b   Delaney, Keith B ^a   Morozova, Galina S ^a   Tutubalina, Olga ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tadzhikistan   (Tajikistan)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

1949 Khait earthquake; ASTER Global DEM; Earthquake triggered landslides; Landslide disaster; Loess flows; Rockslide; Tajikistan

Indexed keywords

1949 KHAIT EARTHQUAKE; ASTER GLOBAL DEM; LOESS FLOWS; ROCKSLIDE; TAJIKISTAN;

DEBRIS; EARTHQUAKES; LANDFORMS;

LANDSLIDES;

ASTER; DEBRIS FLOW; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; LANDSLIDE; LOESS; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATURAL DISASTER; ROCK AVALANCHE; SLOPE FAILURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; KHAIT; TAJIKISTAN; TIEN SHAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 70350189946     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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