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Volume 21 Issue 6
Dec 2010
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Fangqiang Wei, Chernomorets Sergey, Aristov Konstantin, Petrakov Dmitry, Tutubalina Olga, Pengcheng Su, Yuhong Jiang, Aisong Xu, Petrasov Alexey. A Seismically Triggered Landslide in the Niujuan Valley near the Epicenter of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake. Journal of Earth Science, 2010, 21(6): 901-909. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0143-8
Citation: Fangqiang Wei, Chernomorets Sergey, Aristov Konstantin, Petrakov Dmitry, Tutubalina Olga, Pengcheng Su, Yuhong Jiang, Aisong Xu, Petrasov Alexey. A Seismically Triggered Landslide in the Niujuan Valley near the Epicenter of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake. Journal of Earth Science, 2010, 21(6): 901-909. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0143-8
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A Seismically Triggered Landslide in the Niujuan Valley near the Epicenter of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake

doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0143-8
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    Key Laboratory of Mountain Hazards and Surface Process, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China

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    Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China

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    Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

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    Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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This study was supported by the NSFC-RFBR Projects 40911120089

This study was supported by the NSFC-RFBR Projects 08-05-92206 NSFCa

Russian Leading Science Schools Programme НШ-3405.2010.5

International Cooperation Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China 2009DFR20620

International Cooperation Project of the Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province 2009HH0005

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  • Corresponding author: Fangqiang Wei, fqwei@imde.ac.cn
  • Received Date: 03 Jun 2010
  • Accepted Date: 10 Aug 2010
  • Publish Date: 01 Dec 2010
    Abstract
  • The Wenchuan (汶川) earthquake on 12 May 2008 induced a large number of landslides, collapses, and rockfalls along the Longmenshan (龙门山) fault. The landslide in Niujuan (牛圈) Valley (named Niujuan landslide), close to the epicenter, is one that travelled a long distance with damaging consequences. Using QuickBird satellite images and GIS tools, the seismogenic mass movements are analyzed, and the movement phases, travel path, and post-catastrophic processes of Niujuan landslide are described and discussed. Image interpretation and a GPS survey showed that the mass movements denuded 37% of the research area. The Niujuan landslide moved 1 950 m along the Lianhuaxingou (莲花心沟) stream, transformed to a debris avalanche, and accumulated in the downstream bed of Niujuan Valley, where they formed a dam 30 m in height, blocking the Niujuan stream and creating a barrier lake basin with 0.11 million m3 storage capacity. Subsequent to the Niujuan landslide, debris flows have been more active in Lianhuaxingou and Niujuan valleys because of the accumulated mass of debris.

     

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