Abstract
The Wenchuan Earthquake triggered tens of thousands of landslides and many areas became susceptible to debris flow. From 12th to 14th, August 2010, heavy rain dropped in Wenchuan Earthquake disaster area, Sichuan province, China. The heavy rain triggered simultaneous occurrence of many debris flows in Qingping town in Mianzhu city, resulting in heavy casualty and property loss. Within the range of 4 km in Qingping Segment of Mianyuan River, 11 debris flows occurred simultaneously and the total runout deposits were about 600 × 104 m3 mainly from Wenjia and Zoumaling gully. Field investigation indicated that the sediment supply was mainly derived from landslide deposits. The debris flows could be classified into three types, including gully erosion starting, branch gully starting and source area starting. It is suggested that Wenchuan earthquake areas are still prone to debris flows. Therefore it is important to regulate and restrict use of hazard areas as well as to arrange relocation of people currently living in areas susceptible to debris flows.
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This study is financially supported by the National Key Technology R&D Program (2011BAK12B01), the Key Program of National Natural Science of China (No. 41130745), the Young Foundation of National Natural Science of China (No. 41202210) and the Young Foundation of Chengdu University of Technology and the Education Department of Sichuan Province (2010QJ15 &11ZB262).
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Li, W., Huang, R., Tang, C., Xu, Q. (2013). Simultaneous Debris Flows of 13 August 2010 in the Mianyuan River Basin, China. In: Ugai, K., Yagi, H., Wakai, A. (eds) Earthquake-Induced Landslides. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32238-9_102
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