An investigation into the debris flow induced by Typhoon Morakot in the Siaolin Area, Southern Taiwan, using the electrical resistivity imaging method

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1012-1024

  Chang, Ping Yu ^a   Chen, Chien chih ^b   Chang, Shu Kai ^a   Wang, Tzu Bin ^b   Wang, Chien Ying ^b   Hsu, Shu Kun ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asia; Controlled source seismology; Electrical properties; Geomorphology; Hydrogeophysics; Magnetic anomalies: modelling and interpretation

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CONTROLLED SOURCE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; HYDROGEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BUILDINGS; DEPOSITS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HURRICANES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEBRIS;

DEBRIS FLOW; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGING METHOD; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MASS MOVEMENT; SEDIMENT; SEISMOLOGY; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84862792122     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05310.x     Document Type: Article

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