Particle flow and segregation in a giant landslide event triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan, China

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1153-1162

  Zhang, L M ^b   Xu, Y ^a,c   Huang, R Q ^b   Chang, D S ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION VELOCITY; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

CHINA; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 79955377395     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-1153-2011     Document Type: Article

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