TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - The catastrophic landside in Maoxian County, Sichuan, SW China, on June 24, 2017
JO  - Natural hazards
A1  - Qiu, Junling
A1  - Wang, Xiuling
A1  - He, Siyue
A1  - Liu, Houquan
A1  - Lai, Jinxing
A1  - Wang, Lixin
SP  - 1485
EP  - 1493
VL  - 89
IS  - 3
N2  - This short communication gives a brief investigation of the catastrophic natural landslides in the Diexi town, Maoxian County, Sichuan province, SW China, which occurred on June 24, 2017. According to the preliminary statistics of Sichuan government, about 73 people lost contact, and 62 houses and more than 1600 m roads were buried. The collapse volume of landslide is approximately 8 million m3. The maximum drop is about 1600 m, and plane sliding distance is 2500-3000 m. Unfortunately, the secondary collapse incident occurred repeatedly on June 25 and 27, respectively. In this communication, the accident background, accident scene, and related emergency response are presented. In virtue of the in situ reconnaissance conducted by geological experts, the main reason for the collapse is the high-level and long-distance debris flow in earthquake fracture zone induced by continuous rainfall.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0921-030X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-017-3026-9
ID  - ref1
ER  -