TY - JOUR
T1 - What we have learned from the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake and its aftermath
T2 - A decade of research and challenges
AU - Fan, Xuanmei
AU - Juang, Hsein
AU - Wasowski, Janusz
AU - Huang, Runqiu
AU - Xu, Qiang
AU - Scaringi, Gianvito
AU - van Westen, Cees J.
AU - Havenith, Hans-Balder
PY - 2018/7/26
Y1 - 2018/7/26
N2 - The 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake (Sichuan, China) was possibly the largest and most destructive recent earthquake as far as the geo-hazards are concerned. Of the nearly 200,000 landslides triggered originally, many remobilized within a few years after the initial event by rainfall, which often caused catastrophic debris flows. The cascades of geo-hazards related to the Wenchuan Earthquake motivated research worldwide to investigate the triggering and mechanisms of co-seismic landslides, their rainfall-induced remobilization, the generation of debris flows, the evolution of their controlling factors, and the long-term role of earthquakes in shaping the topography. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, we present a short review of the recent advances in these topics, discuss the challenges faced in the earthquake-related geo-hazards mitigation practice, and suggest priorities and guidelines for future research.
AB - The 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake (Sichuan, China) was possibly the largest and most destructive recent earthquake as far as the geo-hazards are concerned. Of the nearly 200,000 landslides triggered originally, many remobilized within a few years after the initial event by rainfall, which often caused catastrophic debris flows. The cascades of geo-hazards related to the Wenchuan Earthquake motivated research worldwide to investigate the triggering and mechanisms of co-seismic landslides, their rainfall-induced remobilization, the generation of debris flows, the evolution of their controlling factors, and the long-term role of earthquakes in shaping the topography. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, we present a short review of the recent advances in these topics, discuss the challenges faced in the earthquake-related geo-hazards mitigation practice, and suggest priorities and guidelines for future research.
KW - Wenchuan Earthquake
KW - Geo-hazards
KW - ITC-ISI-JOURNAL-ARTICLE
KW - 22/4 OA procedure
UR - https://ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2018.05.004
UR - https://ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login?url=https://webapps.itc.utwente.nl/library/2018/isi/vanwesten_wha.pdf
U2 - 10.1016/j.enggeo.2018.05.004
DO - 10.1016/j.enggeo.2018.05.004
M3 - Article
SN - 0013-7952
VL - 241
SP - 25
EP - 32
JO - Engineering geology
JF - Engineering geology
ER -
