Preliminary Analysis of Soil and Water Loss Change before and after Wenchuan Earthquake

HU Bo , XIONG Ming-biao , ZHAO Jiang , ZHANG Ping-cang , HU Heng

Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute ›› 2010, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (11) : 62-66.

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Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute ›› 2010, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (11) : 62-66.
HEALTHY CHANGJIANG RIVER

Preliminary Analysis of Soil and Water Loss Change before and after Wenchuan Earthquake

  • HU Bo1 , XIONG Ming-biao2 , ZHAO Jiang1 , ZHANG Ping-cang1 , HU Heng2
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Abstract

 Series of soil and water loss (SWL) problems, such as landslip, debris flow, and collapse, occurred due to “ 5.12 Wenchuan earthquake ” , which were characterized by high disturbance, extensive influence, and big destruction. The severe SWL had seriously threatened the sustainable development of society and environment in the earthquake area. On the basis of this, by adopting statistics method, this paper analyzes the soil loss change before and after Wenchuan earthquake. The results show that: the mild SWL area of farmland, grassland and forest ecosystem in the heavy earthquake area presents decrease tendency after earthquake, and moderate and severe SWL have increase tendency. After earthquake there exists dynamic transformation in different SWL grades, and mild SWL would change into moderate and severe SWL. Compared with the change of SWL area in earthquake area, after earthquake, the degree and intensity of SWL in the heavy earthquake area have a distinct increase.

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Wenchuan earthquake   /   soil and water loss   /   change tendency

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HU Bo , XIONG Ming-biao , ZHAO Jiang , ZHANG Ping-cang , HU Heng. Preliminary Analysis of Soil and Water Loss Change before and after Wenchuan Earthquake[J]. Journal of Changjiang River Scientific Research Institute. 2010, 27(11): 62-66
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