Spatial distribution analysis of landslides triggered by 2008.5.12 Wenchuan Earthquake, China

Engineering Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 95-108

  Qi, Shengwen ^a,b   Xu, Qiang ^b   Lan, Hengxing ^c   Zhang, Bing ^d   Liu, Jianyou ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

Author keywords

2008.5.12 Wenchuan Earthquake; Landslide; Slope; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; COSEISMIC SURFACE RUPTURE; DIFFERENT SLOPES; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FAULT ZONE; FIELD INVESTIGATION; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; GEOLOGICAL UNITS; LAYERED SLOPE; NEAR FIELDS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SLIDING DIRECTION; SLOPE; SLOPE ASPECT; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATABASE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL MODELING; STUDY AREAS; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKES; LITHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYING;

LANDSLIDES;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GIS; ISOSEISMAL MAP; LANDSLIDE; REMOTE SENSING; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE FAILURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 77957800156     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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