Anomalous winter-snow-amplified earthquake-induced disaster of the 2015 Langtang avalanche in Nepal

Coseismic avalanches and rockfalls, as well as their simultaneous air blast and muddy flow, which were induced by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal, destroyed the village of Langtang. In order to reveal volume and structure of the deposit covering the village, as well as sequence of the multiple e...

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Main Authors: K. Fujita, H. Inoue, T. Izumi, S. Yamaguchi, A. Sadakane, S. Sunako, K. Nishimura, W. W. Immerzeel, J. M. Shea, R. B. Kayastha, T. Sawagaki, D. F. Breashears, H. Yagi, A. Sakai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-05-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/17/749/2017/nhess-17-749-2017.pdf