Disaster chains initiated by the Wenchuan earthquake

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 975-985

  Xu, Mengzhen ^a   Wang, Zhaoyin ^a   Qi, Lijian ^a   Liu, Le ^a   Zhang, Kang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attenuation factor; Debris flow; Disaster chain; Mass movement; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; ATTENUATION FACTORS; CAUSAL CHAINS; DEBRIS FLOW; DEBRIS FLOWS; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL EFFECT; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FLUVIAL PROCESS; HIGH MOUNTAINS; INDICATOR SPECIES; LANDSLIDE DAM; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MASS MOVEMENT; MINJIANG RIVER; NUMBER OF SPECIES; RIVER SECTION; ROCKFALLS; SLOPE ANGLES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

DEBRIS; DISASTERS; DRAINAGE; ECOLOGY; EROSION; LANDSLIDES; ROCK BURSTS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; AVALANCHE; BRIDGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DAM FAILURE; DEBRIS FLOW; DRAINAGE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EROSION; FIELD SURVEY; FLOODING; HABITAT LOSS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MORTALITY; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 84856354901     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-0905-3     Document Type: Article

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