Evaluating triggering and causative factors of landslides in Lawnon River Basin, Taiwan

Engineering Geology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 72-82

  Weng, Meng Chia ^a   Wu, Min Hao ^a   Ning, Shu Kuang ^a   Jou, Yeun Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

^b Kaohsiung Division   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Landslide; Lawnon River; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENTS; RAINFALL EVENT; RIVER BASINS; SANDSTONE FORMATIONS; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; STUDY AREAS; TRIGGERING FACTORS;

EARTHQUAKES; LANDSLIDES; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; WATERSHEDS;

SLOPE PROTECTION;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAILURE MECHANISM; LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL;

TAIWAN;

EID: 80053917894     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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