Field-observed phenomena of seismic liquefaction and subsidence during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 839-850

  Huang, Yu ^a   Jiang, Ximiao ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Earthquake damage; Liquefaction; Soils; Subsidence; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; LIQUEFACTION; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SOFT SOIL; SUBSIDENCE;

CHINA;

EID: 77956173223     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9509-6     Document Type: Article

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