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Landslide Behavior: From Monitoring to Kinematic Characterization through Both Traditional and Innovative Approaches

A special issue of Geosciences (ISSN 2076-3263). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Hazards".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 7676

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Dr. Stefano Alberti

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College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA
Interests: landslide; remote sensing; numerical modeling; laboratory tests
Dr. Pietro Milillo

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NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
Interests: SAR; InSAR; multi-temporal analysis; cryosphere; natural hazards
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Dr. Margherita Cecilia Spreafico

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Independent Researcher, Bologna, Italy
Interests: landslide; remote sensing; numerical modeling; rock mechanics
Dr. Siyuan Zhao

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College of Water Resources and Hydropower, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Interests: landslide; gravitational slope deformation; rockslide kinematics; landscape evolution

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The characterization of landslide kinematics is a challenging task, but can represent a fundamental source of knowledge to derive important information for the prediction of the expected behavior of landslides over years, and to define efficient risk mitigation strategies. That goal that is routinely achieved via geological and geomorphological methods and the monitoring of displacements (both on ground and at depth) obtained by geotechnical and, more recently, advanced remote sensing techniques (e.g., InSAR). The integration of different data from several monitoring systems is becoming fundamental to get a more detailed view and a deeper understanding of the involved phenomena. This Special Issue entitled “Landslide behavior: from monitoring to kinematic characterization through both traditional and innovative approaches” is expected to collect scientific peer-reviewed contributions that provide advancements in the interpretation of active landslide processes, with regard to the role of specific factors (geometrical and geological landslide features, the pore water pressure regime, the soil mobilized strength, the soil viscosity, etc.). Accepted manuscripts may cover one of these topics:

  • Characterization of landslide behavior with remote sensing and local monitoring systems data integration;
  • Analysis of landslide phenomena by remote sensing through time. Geomorphological field evidence as ground truthing is welcome;
  • Use of both remote sensing and local data to obtain numerical and empirical models for landslides’ kinematic behavior;
  • Risk assessment and landslide impacts through remote sensing and local monitoring systems data.

Dr. Stefano Alberti
Dr. Pietro Milillo
Dr. Margherita Cecilia Spreafico
Dr. Siyuan Zhao
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Updated Understanding of the Thompson River Valley Landslides Kinematics Using Satellite InSAR
by Amir Soltanieh and Renato Macciotta
Geosciences 2022, 12(10), 359; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12100359 - 28 Sep 2022
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The Thompson River valley is one of the most important transportation corridors in western Canada as it hosts two important railways. This valley has experienced several historical landslide events, many of them along a 10 km section south of the town of Ashcroft. [...] Read more.
The Thompson River valley is one of the most important transportation corridors in western Canada as it hosts two important railways. This valley has experienced several historical landslide events, many of them along a 10 km section south of the town of Ashcroft. Six of these landslides, showing varying states of activity, were selected for analysis in this paper, as these have the potential for the biggest impact on the railways. The subsurface interpretation of these landslides is combined with satellite InSAR data from May 2015 to May 2017 to enhance the current understanding of the landslide kinematics. Two InSAR orientations are combined geometrically with the assumption that the horizontal component of landslide movement is parallel to the slope azimuth, which provides a practicable approach to approximate landslide displacement vectors. The results classify these landslides as very slow-moving. The maximum velocities recorded are 29, 35, 26, 64, 18, and 52 mm/year for the Goddard, North, South, South extension, Barnard, and Redhill landslides, respectively. All landslides except the Redhill landslide show near-horizontal movements near the toe, with increasing vertical components as measurements approach the back scarp. This confirms that kinematics include rotational and compound mechanisms. Full article
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Updated Understanding of the Ripley Landslide Kinematics Using Satellite InSAR
by Amir Soltanieh and Renato Macciotta
Geosciences 2022, 12(8), 298; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12080298 - 30 Jul 2022
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The Thompson River valley hosts 14 landslides along a 10 km section, which threaten the two major railroads connecting the Port of Vancouver and the interior provinces in Canada. The Ripley landslide is one of the active landslides in this section of the [...] Read more.
The Thompson River valley hosts 14 landslides along a 10 km section, which threaten the two major railroads connecting the Port of Vancouver and the interior provinces in Canada. The Ripley landslide is one of the active landslides in this section of the valley. Previous research at this site included an analysis of landslide deformations using satellite radar interferometry focusing on deformations measured in the line of sight between the satellite and the slopes, and average downslope displacement (deformations projected in the average downslope direction). Since then, further stratigraphic interpretation has provided an enhanced understanding of the Ripley landslide. In this update, the new stratigraphic interpretation is supplemented with satellite InSAR data from May 2015 to May 2017 to enhance the current understanding of the landslide kinematics. The results indicate that the Ripley landslide has been moving at a rate between 2 and 82 mm per year, corresponding to a very slow to slow landslide. It is also observed that the movements tend to be near-horizontal on areas closer to the toe of the landslide, while the vertical component of deformation increases near the scarp of the landslide. This, together with the interpreted stratigraphy, indicates the kinematics corresponds to a compound landslide. This is consistent with interpreted landslide kinematics of older, more mature landslides in the area that have shown episodes of retrogression and suggests the possibility of a similar future behaviour of the Ripley landslide. Full article
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The Importance of Rock Mass Damage in the Kinematics of Landslides
by Davide Donati, Doug Stead and Lisa Borgatti
Geosciences 2023, 13(2), 52; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13020052 - 09 Feb 2023
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The stability and kinematics of rock slopes are widely considered to be functions of lithological, structural, and environmental features. Conversely, slope damage features are often overlooked and considered as byproducts of slope deformation. This paper analyzes and discusses the potential role of slope [...] Read more.
The stability and kinematics of rock slopes are widely considered to be functions of lithological, structural, and environmental features. Conversely, slope damage features are often overlooked and considered as byproducts of slope deformation. This paper analyzes and discusses the potential role of slope damage, its time-dependent nature, and its control on both the stability of rock slopes and their kinematics. The analysis of several major landslides and unstable slopes, combined with a literature survey, shows that slope damage can play an important role in controlling short- and long-term slope stability. Seasonal and continuously active events cause permanent deformation within the slope due to the accumulation of slope damage features, including rock mass dilation and intact rock fracturing. Rock mass quality, lithology, and scale control the characteristics and complexity of slope damage, as well as the failure mechanism. The authors propose that the role of slope damage in slope kinematics should always be considered in slope stability analysis, and that an integrated characterization–monitoring–numerical modelling approach can enhance our understanding of slope damage, its evolution, and the controlling factors. Finally, it is emphasized that there is currently a lack of guidelines or frameworks for the quantitative assessment and classification of slope damage, which requires a multidisciplinary approach combining rock mechanics, geomorphology, engineering geology, remote sensing, and geophysics. Full article
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