Life and death of slow-moving landslides

P Lacroix, AL Handwerger, G Bièvre - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
In the most destructive and catastrophic landslide events, rocks, soil and fluids can travel at
speeds approaching several tens of metres per second. However, many landslides …

InSAR-based detection method for mapping and monitoring slow-moving landslides in remote regions with steep and mountainous terrain: An application to Nepal

DPS Bekaert, AL Handwerger, P Agram… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mapping and monitoring landslides in remote areas with steep and mountainous terrain is
logistically challenging, expensive, and time consuming. Yet, in order to mitigate hazards …

Triggering and recovery of earthquake accelerated landslides in Central Italy revealed by satellite radar observations

C Song, C Yu, Z Li, S Utili, P Frattini, G Crosta… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Earthquake triggered landslides often pose a great threat to human life and property.
Emerging research has been devoted to documenting coseismic landslides failed during or …

Rain and small earthquakes maintain a slow-moving landslide in a persistent critical state

N Bontemps, P Lacroix, E Larose, J Jara… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
In tectonically active mountain belts, landslides contribute significantly to erosion. Statistical
analysis of regional inventories of earthquake-triggered-landslides after large earthquakes …

[HTML][HTML] Use of Sentinel-2 images for the detection of precursory motions before landslide failures

P Lacroix, G Bièvre, E Pathier, U Kniess… - Remote Sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Sentinel-2 optical satellites provide a global coverage of land surfaces with a 5-day
revisit time at the Equator. We investigate the ability of these freely available optical images …

Relationships between earthquakes, hurricanes, and landslides in Costa Rica

A Quesada-Román, B Fallas-López… - Landslides, 2019 - Springer
Landslides are a common natural hazard in Costa Rica, recurrently triggered by seismicity
and extraordinary rainfall. Here, we investigate the coalescence of both processes and their …

Spatiotemporal patterns of precipitation‐modulated landslide deformation from independent component analysis of InSAR time series

J Cohen‐Waeber, R Bürgmann… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term landslide deformation is disruptive and costly in urbanized environments. We rely
on TerraSAR‐X satellite images (2009–2014) and an improved data processing algorithm …

Rate-weakening friction characterizes both slow sliding and catastrophic failure of landslides

AL Handwerger, AW Rempel… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Catastrophic landslides cause billions of dollars in damages and claim thousands of lives
annually, whereas slow-moving landslides with negligible inertia dominate sediment …

Co-seismic and post-seismic deformation, field observations and fault model of the 30 October 2020 Mw = 7.0 Samos earthquake, Aegean Sea

A Ganas, P Elias, P Briole, S Valkaniotis, J Escartin… - Acta Geophysica, 2021 - Springer
Abstract On 30 October 2020, a large Mw= 7.0 earthquake occurred north of the island of
Samos, Greece. Here we present the characteristics of the seismic fault (location, geometry …

Self‐entrainment motion of a slow‐moving landslide inferred from landsat‐8 time series

P Lacroix, G Araujo, J Hollingsworth… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In mountainous environments, slow‐moving landslides (velocities< 100 m/year) are a major
concern for local populations. Rainfall is often the dominant forcing, and often result in major …