Case study of a giant debris flow in the Wenjia Gully, Sichuan Province, China

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 835-849

  Yu, Bin ^a   Ma, Yu ^a   Wu, Yufu ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Co seismic rockslide debris avalanche; Meteorological threshold for debris flows; Peak discharges; Rainfall triggered debris flows; Wenchuan earthquake; Wenjia Gully; Yield strength

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS AVALANCHE; DEBRIS FLOW; LANDSLIDE; PEAK DISCHARGE; RAINFALL; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008;

CHINA; SICHUAN;

EID: 84870793879     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0395-y     Document Type: Article

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