Scaling properties of rainfall induced landslides predicted by a physically based model

M Alvioli, F Guzzetti, M Rossi - Geomorphology, 2014 - Elsevier
Natural landslides exhibit scaling properties revealed by power law relationships. These
relationships include the frequency of the size (eg, area, volume) of the landslides, and the …

Hydromechanical triggering of landslides: From progressive local failures to mass release

P Lehmann, D Or - Water Resources Research, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Water infiltrating during intense rainfall on steep slopes gradually weakens the wet soil
mass, inducing localized failures that may initiate a cascade of load redistributions and …

[PDF][PDF] Self-organized criticality systems

MJ Aschwanden - Open Aca, 2013 - ulrich-von-kusserow.de
The following chapter provides an overview of the techniques used to understand Self-
Organised Criticality (SOC) by performing computer simulations. Those are of particular …

Simulated effect of soil depth and bedrock topography on near‐surface hydrologic response and slope stability

C Lanni, J McDonnell, L Hopp… - Earth surface processes …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper explores the effect of hillslope hydrological behavior on slope stability in the
context of transient subsurface saturation development and landslide triggering. We perform …

A study of the correlation between electrical resistivity and matric suction for unsaturated ash-fall pyroclastic soils in the Campania region (southern Italy)

P De Vita, R Di Maio, E Piegari - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2012 - Springer
In the territory of the Campania region (southern Italy), critical rainfall events periodically
trigger dangerous fast slope movements involving ashy and pyroclastic soils originated by …

The role of topography in the scaling distribution of landslide areas: A cellular automata modeling approach

L Liucci, L Melelli, C Suteanu, F Ponziani - Geomorphology, 2017 - Elsevier
Power law scaling has been widely observed in the frequency distribution of landslide sizes.
The exponent of the power-law characterizes the probability of landslide magnitudes and it …

Modeling probabilistic-based reliability assessment of gridded rainfall thresholds for shallow landslide occurrence due to the uncertainty of rainfall in time and space

XJ Wang, SJ Wu, TL Tsai, KC Yen - Journal of Hydroinformatics, 2023 - iwaponline.com
This study aims to model a probabilistic-based reliability assessment of the gridded rainfall
thresholds for shallow landslide occurrence (RA_GRTE_LS) to quantify the effect of the …

[PDF][PDF] Disaster risk management in post-2015 development goals: potential targets and indicators

T Mitchell, L Jones, E Lovell, E Comba - 2013 - lib.riskreductionafrica.org
Readers are encouraged to quote or reproduce material from ODI Working Papers for their
own publications, as long as they are not being sold commercially. For online use, we ask …

Effects of hydromechanical loading history and antecedent soil mechanical damage on shallow landslide triggering

L Fan, P Lehmann, D Or - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence suggests that the sudden triggering of rainfall‐induced shallow landslides is
preceded by accumulation of local internal failures in the soil mantle before their abrupt …

Water storage mapping of pyroclastic covers through electrical resistivity measurements

R Di Maio, E Piegari - Journal of Applied Geophysics, 2011 - Elsevier
The knowledge of the geological setting of pyroclastic covers and their water content
distribution represents crucial information for stability analyses of slopes potentially subject …