Distribution and characteristics of landslides induced by the Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake in 2008 in Tohoku District, Northeast Japan

Landslides

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-344

  Yagi, Hiroshi ^a   Sato, Go ^b   Higaki, Daisuke ^c   Yamamoto, Miki ^d   Yamasaki, Takanari ^d  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Japan Conservation Engineers Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cap rock; Co seismic active fault; Debris flow; Debris slide; Deep seated slide; Shallow debris slide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CAP ROCK; DEBRIS FLOWS; DEBRIS SLIDE; GENETIC PROCESS; IGNIMBRITES; JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCIES; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMIC FAULTS; SEISMIC FORCES; SEISMIC INTENSITY; SEISMIC TREMOR;

EARTHQUAKES; LANDSLIDES; VOLCANOES;

DEBRIS;

ACTIVE FAULT; CAP ROCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEBRIS FLOW; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GORGE; HANGING WALL; IGNIMBRITE; LANDSLIDE; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMOMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 70649084966     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-009-0182-3     Document Type: Article

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