Characteristics of landslides induced by the great Wenchuan earthquake

Journal of Earth Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-113

  Tang, Huiming ^a   Jia, Hongbiao ^a   Hu, Xinli ^a   Li, Dewei ^a   Xiong, Chengren ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ejection landslide; Giant landslide; High potential energy landslide; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE MECHANICS; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GRAVITY FLOW; GROUND MOTION; LANDSLIDE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

EID: 76049129896     PISSN: 1674487X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-010-0008-1     Document Type: Article

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