Landslide hazard assessment of the 2008 wenchuan earthquake: A case study in Beichuan area

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 128-145

  Tang, Chuan ^a   Zhu, Jing ^a   Qi, Xin ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Beichuan area; Geographical information system (GIS); Hazard mapping; Index based method; Landslides; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

BEICHUAN AREA; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARD MAPPING; INDEX-BASED METHOD; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LITHOLOGY; RAIN; RATING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

LANDSLIDES;

AMPLITUDE; ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; DECISION MAKING; FAULT; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDEX METHOD; LANDSLIDE; LITHOLOGY; MAPPING METHOD; RAINFALL; RECONSTRUCTION; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLOPE;

BEICHUAN; CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 78951494004     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: 12086010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T10-059     Document Type: Article

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