Landslides induced by the Wenchuan earthquake and the subsequent strong rainfall event: A case study in the Beichuan area of China

Engineering Geology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 22-33

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

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Evolution; Landslide; Rainstorm; Remote sensing imagery; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; COSEISMIC SURFACE RUPTURE; EVOLUTION; FIELD INVESTIGATION; HEAVY RAINS; HIGH RESOLUTION; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINSTORM; REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY; SEISMIC INTENSITY; STRONG GROUND MOTION; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE AREA; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

EARTHQUAKES; PHOTOGRAPHY; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; STORMS;

LANDSLIDES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COSEISMIC PROCESS; FAULT; GROUND MOTION; HANGING WALL; IMAGERY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM; SEISMIC ZONE; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SPOT; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

BEICHUAN; CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 80052386953     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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