Do buried-rupture earthquakes trigger less landslides than surface-rupture earthquakes for reverse faults?

Geomorphology

Volumn 216, Issue , 2014, Pages 53-57

  Xu, Chong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Buried rupture earthquake; Landslide; Reverse fault; Surface rupture earthquake

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010; LANDSLIDE; REVERSE FAULT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84926231301     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.03.029     Document Type: Article

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