Triggering conditions and depositional characteristics of a disastrous debris flow event in Zhouqu city, Gansu Province, northwestern China

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2903-2912

  Tang, C ^a   Rengers, N ^b   Van Asch, Th W J ^c   Yang, Y H ^a   Wang, G F ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CATCHMENT; DEBRIS FLOW; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM; REMOTE SENSING;

CHINA; GANSU;

EID: 80455132421     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-2903-2011     Document Type: Article

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