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Landslide hazards, risks and disasters /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:	Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores:	Davies, Timothy R. H. (Editor )
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2021.
Edición:	Second edition.
Temas:	Landslides. Landslides > Prevention. Landslides > Risk assessment. Landslide hazard analysis.
Acceso en línea:	Texto completo

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Front Cover
Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
Landslide Hazards, Risks, and Disasters
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Editorial foreword to the second edition
References
1
Landslide hazards, risks and disasters: introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Understanding landslide hazards
1.3 Understanding landslide risks
1.4 Understanding future landslide disasters
1.5 Conclusion
References
2
Landslide causes and triggers
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Concept of instability
2.3 Stability factors
2.3.1 Material strength and topography
2.3.2 Strength degradation
2.3.2.1 Stress-induced fatigue
2.3.2.2 Chemical weathering
2.3.2.3 Cold environment processes
2.3.2.4 Discussion
2.3.3 Groundwater changes
2.3.4 Ground shaking
2.4 Summary and conclusion
References
3
Landslides in bedrock
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Rock materials
3.2.1 Structural control in strong rock
3.2.2 Intact rock strength
3.2.3 Rock mass strength
3.3 Mass movement characteristics
3.3.1 Volume and velocity
3.3.2 Landslide displacement activity
3.3.3 Progressive failure
3.3.4 Runout
3.4 Mass movement types
3.4.1 Rockfalls
3.4.2 Rockslides
3.4.3 Rock spreads
3.4.4 Rock avalanches
3.4.5 Sackungen/deep-seated gravitational slope deformation
3.4.6 Complex bedrock mass movements
3.4.7 Secondary hazards associated with bedrock landslides
3.5 Case studies
3.5.1 Seymareh, Iran
3.5.2 Mount Meager, Canada
3.5.3 La Clap�ire, France
3.5.4 Threatening Rock, United States of America
3.6 Bedrock landslide recognition and management
3.6.1 Anticipation
3.6.2 Avoidance
3.6.3 Prevention
3.7 Risk management of rock slopes
3.8 Summary
References
4
Coseismic landslides
4.1 Seismically triggered landslides
4.1.1 Introduction.
4.1.2 A note on terminology
4.1.3 Landslides caused by earthquakes
4.1.4 Geological materials and EILs
4.2 Mechanics of earthquake-induced landslides
4.2.1 Earthquake energy, magnitude and attenuation
4.2.2 Topographic amplification and landslides
4.2.3 Shaking and porewater pressures
4.2.4 Summary
4.3 Stability analysis and hazard assessment
4.3.1 Pseudostatic and limit state models
4.3.2 The Newmark Sliding block model
4.3.3 Coupled analyses
4.3.4 Statistical models, hazard mapping and GIS
4.4 Limitations of current understanding
4.4.1 Seismological unknowns
4.4.2 Geotechnical considerations
4.4.3 Concluding comments
References
Further reading
5
Volcanic debris avalanches
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Volcanic debris avalanches
5.3 Types of volcanic landslides
5.3.1 Large-scale volcano and substrata landslides
5.4 Deep-seated volcanic landslide deformation: priming and triggers
5.5 Deep-seated volcano gravitational deformation
5.6 Regional tectonic influences
5.7 Priming of volcanic landslides
5.8 Triggering volcanic landslides
5.9 The structure of volcanic landslides
5.10 Volcanic landslide deposits
5.10.1 Scar
5.10.2 Toreva blocks
5.10.3 Hummocks
5.10.4 Inter-hummock areas
5.10.5 Ridges
5.10.6 Marginal zones
5.10.7 Deposit facies
5.10.8 Block facies
5.10.9 Matrix facies
5.10.10 Mixed facies
5.10.11 Basal facies
5.11 Debris avalanche textures and structures
5.12 Secondary hazards of volcanic landslides
5.13 Volcanic landslide transport mechanisms
5.14 Hazards from volcanic landslides
5.15 Summary
References
6
Peat landslides
6.1 Introduction and background
6.2 The nature of peat, its structure and material properties
6.2.1 Peat properties
6.2.2 Peat deposits and peat depths.
6.2.3 'Peat' or 'bog' mass movements?
6.3 Morphology and classification of peat landslides
6.3.1 A confused terminology
6.3.2 A formal classification of peat landslides (Dykes and Warburton, 2007)
6.4 Relationship between landslide type and peat stratigraphy
6.5 Impacts of peat landslides
6.5.1 Example: Cashlaundrumlahan peat flow, Derrybrien, Ireland (October 2003)
6.5.2 Example: failure during road construction, North Pennines, UK (August 2006)
6.6 The runout of peat landslides
6.7 Slope stability analysis of peat landslides and geotechnical properties
6.8 Historical perspective on the frequency of peat landslides
6.9 The future incidence of peat landslides
6.10 Conclusion
References
7
Rock-snow-ice avalanches
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Rapid mass movements on glaciers
7.2.1 Frequency and distribution
7.2.2 Causes
7.2.3 Evolution
7.3 RSI avalanche propagation
7.3.1 Topographic effects
7.3.2 Motion on low-friction glaciers
7.3.3 Snow and ice content of the granular mass
7.3.4 Melting of ice and snow due to frictional heating
7.3.5 Snow and ice entrainment
7.4 Implications for hazard assessment
7.4.1 Probability of occurrence in time
7.4.2 Zone of possible initiation
7.4.3 Runout prediction
7.5 Conclusions
References
8
Multiple landslide-damming episodes
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Previous work on landslide dams
8.3 Landslide-dam episodes: lessons from case studies
8.3.1 Wenchuan earthquake (Mw 7.9), China, 2008
8.3.2 Murchison (Buller) earthquake (Mw 7.8), New Zealand, 1929
8.3.3 Typhoon Talas, Japan, 2011
8.4 Discussion
8.5 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
9
Rock avalanches onto glaciers
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Processes
9.2.1 Detachment zone and conditions
9.2.1.1 Preparatory factors.
9.2.1.2 Triggering factors
9.2.1.3 Glacier basins and rock avalanches
9.2.2 Supraglacial motion
9.2.2.1 Flowing processes
9.2.2.2 Higher mobility of rock avalanches on glaciers
9.2.3 Rock avalanche deposits and sedimentary properties
9.2.3.1 Deposition onto glacier surface
9.2.3.1.1 Thickness of rock avalanche deposits onto glaciers
9.2.3.1.2 Morphology, sedimentology and macrofabric of rock avalanche carapace
9.2.3.1.3 Matrix particle-size distribution
9.2.3.2 Post-depositional modifications of rock avalanche deposits on glacier
9.2.3.2.1 Reworking of rock avalanche debris
9.2.3.2.2 Modification of the pattern of supraglacial deposits
9.2.3.3 Deposition of rock avalanches outside the glacier
9.3 Consequences
9.3.1 Rock avalanche contribution to supraglacial debris covers
9.3.2 Glacier dynamics in relation to rock avalanche deposits
9.3.2.1 Glacier advance and velocity change due to rock avalanches
9.3.2.2 Reduced ablation due to rock avalanche deposits
9.3.2.3 Effect of load increase and sub-glacial drainage change
9.3.3 Atypical moraine complexes and implications for paleo-glacial sequences/reconstruction
9.3.4 Post-landslide developments and hazards
9.4 Case studies
9.4.1 Recent rock avalanches onto glacier in Aoraki/Mount Cook area, New Zealand
9.4.2 The 1991 Chillinji Glacier rock avalanche (western Karakoram)
9.4.3 Holocene Horcones mass flow, Cerro Aconcagua (6961m asl), Argentina
9.5 Concluding remarks
References
10
Paleo-landslides
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Significance of paleo-landslides
10.3 Recognition and mapping
10.3.1 Role of geomorphology
10.3.2 Role of stratigraphy and sedimentology
10.4 Dating paleo-landslides
10.4.1 Dendrochronology
10.4.2 Radiocarbon dating
10.4.3 Terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide dating.
10.5 Temporal bias
10.6 Role in landscape evolution
10.7 Risk assessment
10.7.1 Oso
10.7.2 Cheekye Fan
10.8 Conclusion
References
11
Remote sensing of landslide motion with emphasis on satellite multi-temporal interferometry applications: an o ...
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Brief introduction to DInSAR and Multi-Temporal Interferometry
11.2.1 DInSAR and MTI
11.2.2 Technical and practical aspects of MTI applied to landslide motion detection and monitoring
11.2.2.1 Stable reference point selection
11.2.2.2 Surface displacement/deformation model
11.2.2.3 Phase aliasing problem and maximum detectable motion velocity
11.2.2.4 3D surface displacement versus LOS measurement from MTI
11.2.2.5 Precision and quality assessment of MTI measurements
11.2.2.6 MTI processing and post-processing issues
11.3 Examples of different scale MTI applications to landslide motion detection and monitoring
11.3.1 Reliability of MTI results
11.3.2 Examples of MTI application from the Italian Alps: issues of radar visibility and sensitivity to down-slope movements
11.3.2.1 Issues of radar visibility and sensitivity to down-slope movements
11.3.2.2 MTI application example from the Italian Alps
11.3.3 Examples of MTI application from the Apennine Mountains: instability of hilltop towns
11.3.3.1 Characteristics of the study area and previous MTI investigations
11.3.3.2 Instability of hilltop towns in the Daunia Apennines
11.3.3.2.1 The hilltop town of Bovino
11.3.3.2.2 The hilltop town of Volturino
11.3.3.2.3 The hillside town of Pietramontecorvino
11.3.3.3 Utility of MTI for monitoring slope/ground instability hazards in urban/peri-urban areas
11.3.4 Example of MTI application from the mountains of Haiti
11.3.5 Example of GBInSAR application from the Southern Apennines, Italy.

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