Spatial distribution of landslides triggered by the 2008 Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 883-895

  Dai, F C ^a   Xu, C ^a   Yao, X ^b   Xu, L ^a   Tu, X B ^a   Gong, Q M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Landslide area density; Landslide point density; Landslides; Spatial distribution; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; LIMESTONE; ROCK AVALANCHE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

SINIA;

EID: 79551538211     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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