Catastrophic landslides associated with the M8.0 Wenchuan earthquake

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-32

  Yin, Yueping ^a   Zheng, Wanmo ^a   Li, Xiaochun ^a   Sun, Ping ^b   Li, Bin ^b  

^a CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^b Yunnan Institute of Geological Environment Monitoring   (China)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Air cushion; Catastrophic landslides; Dammed lake; Sturzstorm; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

AIR CUSHION; CATASTROPHIC LANDSLIDES; DAMMED LAKE; STURZSTORM; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

AIR CUSHIONING; DEBRIS; EARTHQUAKES; LAKES; LANDFORMS; ROCKS;

LANDSLIDES;

ACCELERATION; AERODYNAMICS; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; GROUND MOTION; LANDSLIDE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79551585387     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-010-0334-7     Document Type: Article

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