High-position debris flow: A long-term active geohazard after the Wenchuan earthquake

Engineering Geology

Volumn 180, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-54

  Zhang, Yongshuang ^a   Cheng, Yuliang ^b   Yin, Yueping ^c   Lan, Hengxing ^d   Wang, Jun ^b   Fu, Xiaoxiao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b Sichuan Academy of Geological Survey   (China)

^c Environmental Monitoring of China   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Complex characteristics; High position debris flow; Long term activity; Post earthquake geohazard; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX CHARACTERISTICS; DEBRIS FLOWS; GEO HAZARDS; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

DEBRIS FLOW; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; FAULT; GEOACCUMULATION; GULLY EROSION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SLOPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

CHINA; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 84908376010     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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