Dynamics of the Niumiangou Creek rock avalanche triggered by 2008 Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan, China

Landslides

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 363-371

  Zhang, Ming ^a   Yin, Yueping ^b   Wu, Shuren ^a   Zhang, Yongshuang ^a   Han, Jinliang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

Debris transport; Long runout; Niumiangou Creek rock avalanche; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

A-COEFFICIENT; AIR CUSHION; FLOWING VELOCITY; GROUND SURFACES; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LONG RUNOUT; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; NIUMIANGOU CREEK ROCK AVALANCHE; RESEARCH RESULTS; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK MASS; ROCK SLOPE; SICHUAN , CHINA; SICHUAN PROVINCE; VERTICAL FORCE; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE; WEST CHINA;

DEBRIS; EARTHQUAKES;

ROCKS;

DEBRIS FLOW; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ELEVATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLOPE FAILURE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 80052267802     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-011-0265-9     Document Type: Article

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