Rainfall thresholds for debris flow initiation in the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken area, southwestern China

Landslides

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 877-887

  Zhou, Wei ^a   Tang, Chuan ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Critical rainfall; Debris flow; ID threshold; Wenchuan earthquake

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; EARTHQUAKES; FLOW GRAPHS; GEOPHYSICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STORMS;

CRITICAL RAINFALL; CRITICAL RAINFALL INTENSITIES; CRITICAL RAINFALL THRESHOLDS; DEBRIS FLOWS; ID THRESHOLD; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; SEDIMENT-RELATED DISASTER; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

RAIN;

EID: 84958942278     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-013-0421-5     Document Type: Article

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