Landslides associated with the May 12, 2008 Wenchuan earthquake: Implications for the erosion and tectonic evolution of the Longmen Shan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 491, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 244-252

  Ouimet, William B ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Landscape evolution; Landslides; Longmen Shan; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; EROSION RATES; FAULT MODEL; GEODYNAMIC MODELS; GEOMORPHIC EVIDENCE; GOOD CORRELATIONS; GROUND-SHAKING; HIGH DENSITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HILLSLOPES; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; LANDSLIDE EROSION; LANDSLIDING; LIMITED DATA; LONGMEN SHAN; LOW TEMPERATURES; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SEISMIC SLIPS; SURFACE AREA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TIME PERIODS; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

BIOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; SOIL MECHANICS; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EROSION; GEODYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LANDSLIDE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

BEICHUAN; CHINA; SICHUAN; YINGXIU;

EID: 77955423406     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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