Review of Studies on Earthquake-Induced Landslides
This chapter reviews two aspects of existing studies on earthquake-induced landslides: slope stability analysis and landslide movement simulation. The merits and demerits of each method are stated.
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Review of Studies on Earthquake-Induced Landslides
Abstract This chapter reviews two aspects of existing studies on earthquake-induced landslides: slope stability analysis and landslide movement simulation. The merits and demerits of each method are stated. Keywords Review
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Slope stability Landslides Earthquake-induced landslides
Introduction
A large number of landslides can be caused by a strong earthquake. Appendix A shows a general list of 99 historical earthquakes causing substantial landsliding in the worldwide since the twentieth century. From Appendix A, a huge number of landslides were induced by the Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan (1999), by the Mid-Niigata Prefecture earthquake in Japan (2004), by the Northern Pakistan earthquake (2005), and by the Wenchuan earthquake in China (2008). Most recently the Great East Japan earthquake with magnitude 9.0 also caused a lot of landslides. Earthquake-induced landslides have been the source of significant damage and loss of people and property. Landslides caused the majority of damage or casualties in many earthquakes. One of the most extreme examples is from the 1970 Peru earthquake, which triggered a huge rock avalanche that buried two cities and killed almost half the 54,000 fatalities (Rodriguez et al. 1999). Another example is, in the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, numerous large landslides caused widespread devastation to buildings and infrastructure and killed at least 100,000 people, almost half of the total earthquake deaths (Keefer 2000). Therefore, it is very important to predict the earthquake-induced landslides and to take countermeasures for potential landslides. The problem of seismic landslide hazards has received considerable attention worldwide in recent years. Some special international symposiums for earthquakeinduced landslides have been hold on and some special journal issues or proceedings on this field have been published (Table 2.1). © Science Press, Beijing and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018 Y. Zhang, Earthquake-Induced Landslides, Springer Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2935-6_2
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Table 2.1 Some special issues on earthquake-induced landslides from international journals No.
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Engineering Geology Surveys in Geophysics Engineering Geology Engineering Geology
2000, vol. 58, issue. 3–4 2002, vol. 23, issue. 6 2006, vol. 86 issue. 2–3 2011, vol. 122, issue. 1–2 2013. Feb.
Special issue from the symposium on landslide hazards in seismically active regions Special issue of the symposia on assessment and mitigation of collateral seismic hazards Landslides induced by earthquake and volcanic activity The next generation of research on earthquake-induced landslides
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Earthquake-induced landslides Proceedings of the International Symposium on Earthquake-induced landslides, Kiryu, Japan, 2012
Main topics of earthquake-induced landslides are the following: 1. Investigation of recent and historical earthquake-induce
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