Formation and characteristics of post-earthquake debris flow: A case study from Wenjia gully in Mianzhu, Sichuan, SW China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 317-335

  Ni, H Y ^a   Zheng, W M ^a   Tie, Y B ^a   Su, P C ^b   Tang, Y Q ^a   Xu, R G ^a   Wang, D W ^a   Chen, X Y ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristic; Debris flow; Formation mechanism; Wenchuan earthquake; Wenjia gully

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DEBRIS FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIELD METHOD; FORMATION MECHANISM; GULLY; GULLY EROSION; INCISED VALLEY; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

CHINA; MIANZHU; SICHUAN;

EID: 84856390335     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9914-5     Document Type: Article

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