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Xu and others (2014)

Landslides triggered by the May 12, 2008 Wenchuan Mw 7.9 earthquake of China

Dates

ScienceBase Date
2017
Event Date
2008-05-12
Last Processing Date
2014

Citation

Xu, C., Xu, X., Yao, X., and Dai, F.: Landslides triggered by the May 12, 2008, Wenchuan Mw 7.9 earthquake of China, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7RJ4H0P, 2017, in Schmitt, R., Tanyas, H., Jessee, M.A., Zhu, J., Biegel, K., Allstadt, K.E., Jibson, R.W., Thompson, E.M., van Westen, C., Sato, H.P., Wald, D.J., Godt, J.W., Gorum, T., Moss, R.E.S., Xu, C, Rathje, E.M., Knudsen, K.L., 2017, An Open Repository of Earthquake-triggered Ground Failure Inventories, U.S. Geological Survey data release collection, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7H70DB4.

Summary

This inventory was originally created by Xu and others (2014) describing the landslides triggered by the M 7.9 Wenchuan, China earthquake that occurred on 12 May 2008 at 06:28:01 UTC. Care should be taken when comparing with other inventories because different authors use different mapping techniques. This inventory also could be associated with other earthquakes such as aftershocks or triggered events. Please check the author methods summary and the original data source for more information on these details and to confirm the viability of this inventory for your specific use. With the exception of the data from USGS sources, the inventory data and associated metadata were not acquired by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and thus [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Chong Xu
Originator :
Xu, C., Xu, X., Yao, X., Dai, F.
Metadata Contact :
GHSC Data Steward
Publisher :
None
Distributor :
ScienceBase

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