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Seismic and geologic controls on spatial clustering of landslides in three large earthquakes
Claire Rault
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratoire de Géologie, UMR 8538, École Normale Supérieure, 75005 Paris, France
Alexandra Robert
Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 31400 Toulouse, France
Odin Marc
École et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre – Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 7516, University of Strasbourg, 67084 Strasbourg CEDEX, France
Niels Hovius
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Institute for Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of
14476 Potsdam, Germany
Patrick Meunier
Laboratoire de Géologie, UMR 8538, École Normale Supérieure, 75005 Paris, France
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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.
Large earthquakes trigger thousands of landslides in the area of their epicentre. For three ...