Vertical contrasts in permeability, particularly where permeable surface materials overlie impermeable materials that prohibit the downward infiltration of groundwater, concentrate the groundwater and become an important focus of landslides that are triggered by intense rainfall. Just such a hydrogeological structure is present within the pyroclastics in Nishigo Village in Fukushima Prefecture,...

In this study, we proposed three optimized models for calculating the total volume of landslides triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan, China Mw 7.9 earthquake. First, we calculated the volume of each deposit of 1,415 landslides triggered by the quake based on pre- and post-quake DEMs in 20 m resolution. The samples were used to fit the conventional landslide "volume-area" power law relationship and t...

An inventory of landslides with an indication of the state of activity is necessary in order to establish hazard maps. We combine interpretation of aerial photographs and information on surface displacement from satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) interferometry for mapping landslides and intensity classification. Sketch maps of landslides distinguished by typology and depth, including geo...

Landslides are a serious geological hazard caused when masses of rock, earth, and debris flow down a steep slope during periods of intense rainfall and rapid snow melt. The western (Konkan) coast and the Himalayan region of India are subject to many such landslides every year. Landslides in these rocky regions are mainly caused by the increase in strain due to percolating rain water in rocks fi...

, 369 (1997); 275 Science et al. Alexander L. Densmore, Hillslope Evolution by Bedrock Landslides www.sciencemag.org (this information is current as of September 3, 2008 ): The following resources related to this article are available online at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/275/5298/369 version of this article at: including high-resolution figures, can be found in the online Update...

The empirical probability for the occurrence of submarine landslides at a given location can be estimated from age dates of past landslides. In this study, tools developed to estimate earthquake probability from paleoseismic horizons are adapted to estimate submarine landslide probability. In both types of estimates, one has to account for the uncertainty associated with age-dating individual e...

Landslides, as geological hazards, cause significant casualties and economic losses. Therefore, it is necessary to identify areas prone to landslides for prevention work. This paper proposes an improved information value model based on gray clustering (IVM-GC) for landslide susceptibility mapping. This method uses the information value derived from an information value model to achieve suscepti...

a r t i c l e i n f o Slow-moving landslides exhibit persistent downslope motion with variations in velocity driven by transient stress perturbations along the sliding surface. Here, we use satellite InSAR and high-resolution topographic data to identify 50 slow-moving landslides in the Northern California Coast Ranges, and monitor their seasonal kinematics over 4 years. These landslides have s...

Kathryn Calame C. Thomas Caskey Dennis W. Choi John M. Coffin Paul J. Crutzen Robert Desimone Nicole Le Douarin Bruce F. Eldridge Paul T. Englund Richard G. Fairbanks Douglas T. Fearon Harry A. Fozzard Klaus Friedrich Theodore H. Geballe Margaret J. Geller John C. Gerhart Roger 1. M. Glass Stephen P. Goff Peter N. Goodfellow Corey S. Goodman Stephen J. Gould Ira Herskowitz Eric F. Johnson Steph...

Vegetation cover is an important factor influencing the occurrence and movement of rainfalltriggered landslides, and changes to vegetation cover often result in modified landslide behaviour. However, it is difficult to relate the occurrence of landslides directly to variations in land use, especially in some European countries. In contrast, New Zealand provides a good opportunity to investigate...