The topic of rainfall thresholds for landslide occurrence was thoroughly investigated,
producing abundance of case studies at different scales of analysis and several technical …

Loess is a meta-stable, cemented assemblage of mainly silt and clay-sized particles of low
plasticity. When dry it behaves like a brittle material, but when wetted up the fabric rapidly …

Abstract In this study, 14,544 loess landslides collected from the Loess Plateau of China are
used to reveal their distribution and origins. Main factors considered include landslide …

Continuous and heavy precipitation triggered a large loess landslide at the southern Dagou
Village of Mapaoquan Town, Tianshui City, Gansu Province of China on July 21, 2013. The …

Xi'an, China has been undergoing significant land subsidence along with ground fissure
development. These geohazards have brought about severe damages to buildings, bridges …

Suichuan is a mountainous area at the Jiangxi province in Central China, where rainfall-
induced landslides occur frequently. The purpose of this study is to assess landslide …

Satellite rainfall products for landslide early warning prediction have been spotlighted by
several researchers, in the last couple of decades. This study investigates the use of TRMM …

To discover the complex hydro-mechanical evolution on Loess Plateau that accompany
large-scale land reclamation project, we tracked changes of moisture, matric suction …

Due to the frequent occurrence of large-scale water gushing accidents in loess metro
tunnels under local water environment, which seriously affects the safety of tunnel structure …

We set up an early warning system for rainfall-induced landslides in Tuscany (23 000 km 2).
The system is based on a set of state-of-the-art intensity–duration rainfall thresholds (Segoni …