Olga Mavrouli, M. Amparo Núñez-Andrés, Felipe Buill, Nieves Lantada, Jordi Corominas
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Abstract
The estimation of rockfall frequency for the quantitative assessment of rockfall hazard is challenging when there are not records of previous events. The aim of this study is to investigate the correlation between the rockfall frequency and the geometry of the overhanging rock blocks, at rocky slopes. The investigation takes place for seven rocky slopes along a coastal road in Northern Spain, and it is based on 15 years of rockfall data. A field survey of these slopes took place between May and June 2022, using a terrestrial laser scanner as well as ground and aerial photogrammetry from UAVs, in order to build three-dimensional digital models. Then, the geometrical attributes of the existing overhanging rocks were measured on the models. The surface area and the width of the latter were calculated. The correlation between the rockfall frequency and the sum of the overhanging areas at each slope was assessed. A good linear correlation was indicated between the normalized per slope area number of rockfalls and total overhang area (R2 = 0.9013) and between the respective normalized per unit of road length parameters (R2 = 0.9594). The magnitude-frequency relationship for the rockfall events that occurred at the seven slopes follows a power law distribution with exponent −0.65.
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Landslides are gravitational mass movements of rock, debris or earth. They may occur in conjunction with other major natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Expanding urbanization and changing land-use practices have increased the incidence of landslide disasters. Landslides as catastrophic events include human injury, loss of life and economic devastation and are studied as part of the fields of earth, water and engineering sciences. The aim of the journal Landslides is to be the common platform for the publication of integrated research on landslide processes, hazards, risk analysis, mitigation, and the protection of our cultural heritage and the environment. The journal publishes research papers, news of recent landslide events and information on the activities of the International Consortium on Landslides.
- Landslide dynamics, mechanisms and processes
- Landslide risk evaluation: hazard assessment, hazard mapping, and vulnerability assessment
- Geological, Geotechnical, Hydrological and Geophysical modeling
- Effects of meteorological, hydrological and global climatic change factors
- Monitoring including remote sensing and other non-invasive systems
- New technology, expert and intelligent systems
- Application of GIS techniques
- Rock slides, rock falls, debris flows, earth flows, and lateral spreads
- Large-scale landslides, lahars and pyroclastic flows in volcanic zones
- Marine and reservoir related landslides
- Landslide related tsunamis and seiches
- Landslide disasters in urban areas and along critical infrastructure
- Landslides and natural resources
- Land development and land-use practices
- Landslide remedial measures / prevention works
- Temporal and spatial prediction of landslides
- Early warning and evacuation
- Global landslide database