Mass wasting triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake is greater than orogenic growth

Shallow earthquakes lead to the uplift of mountain ranges, but also trigger landslides that remove mass. An analysis of the 2008 Wenshuan earthquake suggests that more material was removed from the orogen by widespread landslides than was added by coseismic uplift.

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