Landslide patterns reveal the sources of large earthquakes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 363, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-33

  Meunier, Patrick ^a   Uchida, Taro ^b   Hovius, Niels ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applied seismology; Earthquake; Geomorphology; Japan; Landslides; Seismic source mapping

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE INTENSITY; DURATION OF STRONG GROUND MOTION; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; GROUND-SHAKING; JAPAN; LANDSLIDE PATTERN; LOCAL NETWORKS; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICALLY INDUCED LANDSLIDE; SENSED IMAGE; SITE EFFECTS; SURFACE CHANGES; SURFACE DEFORMATION; TECTONIC STRESS; UPLAND AREA;

FAULT SLIPS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; REMOTE SENSING;

EARTHQUAKES;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUND MOTION; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; STRONG MOTION;

JAPAN;

EID: 84872431910     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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