Articles | Volume 7, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-829-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-829-2019
Research article
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02 Sep 2019
Research article |  | 02 Sep 2019

Seismic and geologic controls on spatial clustering of landslides in three large earthquakes

Claire Rault, Alexandra Robert, Odin Marc, Niels Hovius, and Patrick Meunier

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ED: Publish as is (23 Jun 2019) by Xuanmei Fan
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (05 Jul 2019) by A. Joshua West (Editor)
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Short summary
Large earthquakes trigger thousands of landslides in the area of their epicentre. For three earthquake cases, we have determined the position of these landslides along hillslopes. These co-seismic landslides tend to cluster at ridge crests and slope toes. We show that crest clustering is specific to seismic triggering. But although co-seismic landslides locate higher in the landscape than rainfall-induced landslides, geological features strongly modulate their position along the hillslopes.