Spatial distribution of landslide dams triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Xuanmei Fan; Cees J. van Westen; Qiang Xu; Tolga Gorum; Fuchu Dai; Gonghui Wang; Runqiu Huang

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-31427-8_36

Spatial distribution of landslide dams triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Xuanmei Fan^*, Cees J. van Westen, Qiang Xu, Tolga Gorum, Fuchu Dai, Gonghui Wang, Runqiu Huang

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Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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Abstract

Landslide dams are a common type of river disturbance in tectonically active mountain belts with narrow and steep valleys. Here we present an unprecedented inventory of 828 landslide dams triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China. Of the 828 landslide dams, 501 completely dammed the rivers, while the others only caused partial damming. The spatial distribution of landslide dams was similar to that of the total landslide distribution, with landslide dams being most abundant in the steep watersheds of the hanging wall of the Yingxiu-Beichuan Thrust Fault, and in the northeastern part of the strike-slip fault near Qingchuan. We analyzed the relation between landslide dam distribution and a series of seismic, topographic, geological, and hydrological factors.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Landslide Science and Practice
Subtitle of host publication	Complex Environment
Editors	Claudio Margottini, Paolo Canuti, Kyoji Sassa
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	279-285
Number of pages	7
Volume	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-31427-8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-31426-1, 978-3-662-52232-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31427-8_36
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	2nd World Landslide Forum, WLF 2011 - Rome, Italy Duration: 3 Oct 2011 → 9 Oct 2011 Conference number: 2

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Conference	2nd World Landslide Forum, WLF 2011
Abbreviated title	WLF
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	3/10/11 → 9/10/11

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Landslide
Landslide dam
Spatial distribution
Wenchuan earthquake

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Fan, X, van Westen, CJ, Xu, Q, Gorum, T, Dai, F, Wang, G & Huang, R 2013, Spatial distribution of landslide dams triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. in C Margottini, P Canuti & K Sassa (eds), Landslide Science and Practice: Complex Environment. vol. 5, Springer, Berlin, pp. 279-285, 2nd World Landslide Forum, WLF 2011, Rome, Italy, 3/10/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31427-8_36

Spatial distribution of landslide dams triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. / Fan, Xuanmei; van Westen, Cees J.; Xu, Qiang et al.
Landslide Science and Practice: Complex Environment. ed. / Claudio Margottini; Paolo Canuti; Kyoji Sassa. Vol. 5 Berlin: Springer, 2013. p. 279-285.

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