Quantifying the spatial distribution of soil mass wasting processes after the 2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, China. A case study of the Longmenshan area

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 761-771

  Di, Baofeng ^a,c   Zeng, Hongjuan ^b   Zhang, Minghua ^c   Ustin, Susan L ^c   Tang, Ya ^a   Wang, Zhaoyin ^d   Chen, Ningsheng ^e   Zhang, Bin ^f  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^f CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GIS; Landslides; Longmenshan scenic area (LMSS); Mass wasting of soil; RS; Wenchuan Earthquake

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; BEFORE AND AFTER; BEIJING-1; CATASTROPHIC EARTHQUAKE; DEBRIS AVALANCHES; DEBRIS FLOWS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MAP; EARTHQUAKE DATA; LANDSLIDE HAZARD; LONG TERM MONITORING; LOW-INTENSITY; MASS MOVEMENT; MASS WASTING; MASS WASTING OF SOIL; MICROSATELLITE DATA; POLICY PLANNING; POTENTIAL RISKS; REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES; ROCKFALLS; SEVERE EROSION; SICHUAN PROVINCE; SLOPE ANGLES; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDY AREAS; TOURIST ATTRACTIONS; VEGETATION COVER; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

DEBRIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDSLIDES; RAPID SOLIDIFICATION; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK BURSTS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; GIS; LANDSLIDE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

CHINA; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 75149139328     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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