Assessment of risks of loose landslide deposits formed by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1381-1392

  Zhang, S ^a   Zhang, Limin ^a   Peng, M ^a   Zhang, L L ^b   Zhao, H F ^a   Chen, H X ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BENCHMARKING; GIS; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LANDSLIDE; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLOPE FAILURE;

EID: 84860797540     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-1381-2012     Document Type: Article

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