On the initiation and movement mechanisms of a catastrophic landslide triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan (Ms 8.0) earthquake in the epicenter area

• Published in: Landslides Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 805 - 819
• Main Authors: Cui, Shenghua, Wang, Gonghui, Pei, Xiangjun, Huang, Runqiu, Kamai, Toshitaka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Catastrophic failure analysis; Civil Engineering; Cyclic loads; Displacement; Dissipation; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earthquakes; Energy; Energy consumption; Fluidizing; Geography; Instability; Laboratory tests; Landslides; Landslides & mudslides; Liquefaction; Mobility; Natural Hazards; Original Paper; Seismic activity; Seismic energy; Seismic engineering; Seismic stability; Sliding; Slope stability; Slopes; Soil layers; Valleys; China, People's Republic; Mobility; Epicenter area; Large landslide; Wenchuan earthquake; Liquefaction

The Niumiangou landslide (~7.5 × 10 6  m 3 ) was the largest that occurred in the town of Yingxiu (the epicentral area) during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. This landslide originated on a steep slope (~30°) that was located directly above the rupture surface of the responsible fault and then travele...