Landslides and dammed lakes triggered by the 2017 Ms6.9 Milin earthquake in the Tsangpo gorge

• Published in: Landslides Vol. 16; no. 5; pp. 993 - 1001
• Main Authors: Hu, Kaiheng, Zhang, Xiaopeng, You, Yong, Hu, Xudong, Liu, Weiming, Li, Yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Catchment area; Catchments; Civil Engineering; Debris flow; Detritus; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earthquakes; Flooding; Geography; Geomorphology; Glacial drift; Glacial periods; Glacial till; Glacier flow; Glacier melting; Glaciers; Image resolution; Lakes; Landslides; Landslides & mudslides; Meltwater; Natural Hazards; Rain; Rainfall; Recent Landslides; Satellite imagery; Sediment; Seismic activity; Seismic stability; Spaceborne remote sensing; Dammed lakes; Milin earthquake; Coseismic landslides; Debris flow; Outburst flood

An Ms6.9 earthquake in the Yarlung Tsangpo gorge on November 18, 2017 caused more than 700 landslides concentrating along the gorge’s great bend, and three dammed lakes. The location and area of the landslides are obtained by interpreting high-resolution satellite images before and after the earthqu...