The characteristics of the landslides triggered by the Wenchuan Ms 8.0 earthquake from Anxian to Beichuan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 452-459

  Yin, Jinhui ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Xu, XiWei ^a   Wang, Xulong ^b   Zheng, Yonggang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

DEM; GIS; Landslide; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL IMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOOTWALL; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; HANGING WALL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSLIDE; LITHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; TOPOGRAPHY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

BEICHUAN; CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 74449092604     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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