Effects of topography, lithology, rainfall and earthquake on landslide and sediment discharge in mountain catchments of southeastern Taiwan

Geomorphology

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 132-142

  Chen, Hongey ^a   Lin, Guan Wei ^a   Lu, Ming Hsiang ^a   Shih, Tsun Ying ^a   Horng, Ming Jame ^a   Wu, Shuei Ji ^b   Chuang, Bin ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Landslides; Sediment discharge; Taiwan; Typhoons

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CATCHMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; DEBRIS FLOW; DISCHARGE; EARTHQUAKE; LANDSLIDE; LITHOLOGY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE DYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TYPHOON;

TAIWAN;

EID: 80052468906     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.12.031     Document Type: Article

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