RESUMEN
The Gorkha earthquake (magnitude 7.8) on 25 April 2015 and later aftershocks struck South Asia, killing ~9000 people and damaging a large region. Supported by a large campaign of responsive satellite data acquisitions over the earthquake disaster zone, our team undertook a satellite image survey of the earthquakes' induced geohazards in Nepal and China and an assessment of the geomorphic, tectonic, and lithologic controls on quake-induced landslides. Timely analysis and communication aided response and recovery and informed decision-makers. We mapped 4312 coseismic and postseismic landslides. We also surveyed 491 glacier lakes for earthquake damage but found only nine landslide-impacted lakes and no visible satellite evidence of outbursts. Landslide densities correlate with slope, peak ground acceleration, surface downdrop, and specific metamorphic lithologies and large plutonic intrusions.
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Desastres/prevención & control , Terremotos/mortalidad , Monitoreo del Ambiente/métodos , Deslizamientos de Tierra/mortalidad , Administración de la Seguridad/métodos , Inundaciones , Humanos , Lagos , Nepal , Imágenes SatelitalesRESUMEN
A glucan of high molecular weight isolated from stale sugar-cane, and previously shown to have a marked effect on sucrose crystallisation processes-1, is a relatively linear dextran. Approximately 96-97% of its D-glucose residues are involved in (1 yields 6)-alpha-D linkages and constitute the linear backbone of the polymer. The remaining 3-4% of D-glucose residues form branch-points by (1 yields 3)-alpha-D linkages. The periodate-oxidation technique, which has been extensively used by other workers to determine dextran structure, gave erroneous results when applied to the dextran from stale sugar-cane.