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Mechanism of the Donghekou landslide triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake revealed by discrete element modeling
R.-M. Yuan
Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100029, China
Key Laboratory of Active Tectonics and Volcano, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100029, China
C.-L. Tang
Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
X.-W. Xu
Key Laboratory of Active Tectonics and Volcano, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100029, China
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