The Wenchuan Earthquake (May 12, 2008), Sichuan Province, China, and resulting geohazards

Natural Hazards

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-36

  Cui, Peng ^a,b   Chen, Xiao Qing ^a,b   Zhu, Ying Yan ^a,b   Su, Feng Huan ^a,b   Wei, Fang Qiang ^a,b   Han, Yong Shun ^a,b   Liu, Hong Jiang ^a,b   Zhuang, Jian Qi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Avalanches; Dammed lakes Earthquake lakes; Debris flows; Geohazards; Landslides; Wenchuan Earthquake

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; DEBRIS FLOW; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCK AVALANCHE; SEISMICITY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

BEICHUAN; CHINA; LONGMENSHAN FAULT ZONE; SICHUAN; YINGXIU;

EID: 77958463596     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9392-1     Document Type: Article

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