The 13 August 2010 catastrophic debris flows after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 201-216

  Xu, Q ^a   Zhang, S ^b   Li, W L ^a   Van Asch, Th W J ^c  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DEBRIS FLOW; DRAINAGE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULT; LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLOPE DYNAMICS;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 84861567942     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-201-2012     Document Type: Article

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