Spatial distributions of earthquake-induced landslides and hillslope preconditioning in the northwest South Island, New Zealand

Parker, R. N.; Hancox, G. T.; Petley, D. N.; Massey, C. I.; Densmore, A. L.; Rosser, N. J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-501-2015

Articles | Volume 3, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-501-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-501-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 3, issue 4

Research article

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20 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 20 Oct 2015

Spatial distributions of earthquake-induced landslides and hillslope preconditioning in the northwest South Island, New Zealand

R. N. Parker, G. T. Hancox, D. N. Petley, C. I. Massey, A. L. Densmore, and N. J. Rosser

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RC C1: 'Comment on the esurf-2014-42', P. Meunier, 04 Feb 2015
RC C5: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Feb 2015
AC C42: 'Author response to all reviewer comments', Robert Parker, 24 Mar 2015

Short summary

Large earthquakes commonly trigger widespread and destructive landsliding. This paper tests the hypothesis that spatial distributions of earthquake-induced landslides are determined by both the conditions at the time of the triggering earthquake and the legacy of past events. Our findings emphasise that a lack of understanding of the legacy of damage in hillslopes potentially represents an important source of uncertainty when assessing regional landslide susceptibility.