Mass wasting triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake is greater than orogenic growth
(2011)
Journal Article
Parker, R. N., Densmore, A. L., Rosser, N. J., de Michele, M., Li, Y., Huang, R., Whadcoat, S., & Petley, D. N. (2011). Mass wasting triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake is greater than orogenic growth. Nature Geoscience, 4(7), 449-452. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1154
Shallow earthquakes are the primary driver of rock uplift in mountain ranges1. However, large shallow earthquakes also trigger widespread, coseismic landslides that cause significant but spatially heterogeneous erosion2, 3, 4. The interplay between r... Read More about Mass wasting triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake is greater than orogenic growth.