The Wenjia Landslide, triggered by the Wenchuan Earthquake of May 12, 2008, has mobilized a huge amount of material which was converted into debris flows by subsequent rainfall events. Extensive remediation works were carried out to protect the downstream communities and infrastructures.

Keywords

debris flow, earthquake, landslide, mountainscape, non-tropical montane forest, risk management, tectonics, Zonobiome V

Created

Tuesday 10 June 2014 by Martin Mergili in Asia / People's Republic of China (6617 visits)