An empirical-statistical model for predicting debris-flow runout zones in the Wenchuan earthquake area

Quaternary International

Volumn 250, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-73

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

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ALLUVIAL FAN; DEBRIS FLOW; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK DISCHARGE; PREDICTION; RAINSTORM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SPOT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BEICHUAN; CHINA; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 84856235676     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.11.020     Document Type: Article

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