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Landslide catastrophe happen on 30 July 2014 has buried almost 140 peoples under a loose soil mass in Malingaon village of Pune district, Maharashtra, India. Soil samples from a hill slope sections were collected (viz. bottom, middle, and top) for determination of the soil properties and slope stability. Mainly excess rainfall triggered the ...
- Chetan R. Shah, Sandip S. Sathe, Prashant. B. Bhagawati, Santosh S. Mohite
- 2021
Sep 26, 2022 · September 25, 2022. Survey Consolidation. Aim: The aim of this research is to analyze and evaluate the impacts of the landslide in Kerala, India. Objectives: The major objective of the study is to identify the root cause of the landslide by checking the stability of the slope using Geostudio software after determining the shear parameters.
Oct 11, 2014 · A massive landslide wiped out t he village of Malin l ocated at 110 km from Pun e city, in the W estern Ghats on July. 30. Mound of mud and debris that came down from a nearby hillock, swallowed u ...
- Kokkayar Landslide
- Plappally Landslide
- Kavali Landslide
Kokkayar landslide (9°34′21''N; 76°53′13''E) of Peermade taluk in the Idukki district of Kerala has killed seven people and completely destroyed seven houses. The dimension of this landslide is 500 m (length) × 40 m (avg. width) × 1 m (avg. thickness). Rubber plantations predominantly occupy the area with intermittent clusters of mixed vegetation. ...
Plappally landslide (9°37′3''N; 76°52′21''E) in Kanjirapally taluk of Kottayam district has killed four people and demolished two buildings. This landslide of 500 m (length) × 20 (avg. width) × 1 m (avg. thickness) was initiated in a rubber plantation whereas its runout stretches through areas of different land use types. In the Google Earth image ...
Six people died and one house was demolished by the Kavali landslide, which is 250 m (length) × 15 (avg. width) × 2 m (avg. thickness) in dimension. Hornblende biotite gneiss is the country rock, which is highly weathered and jointed. The attitude of this highly foliated rock is 315°/80NE. Here too, spring water is tapped for domestic purposes. The...
Each year, natural disasters cause more deaths and more damage to infrastructure and the environment. In 2004-2005, more than 200,000 people lost their lives in natural disasters. Material damage is estimated at USD 300 billion. Many lives would have been saved if more had been known about prediction and mitigation.
Landslide case studies. The landslides team at the BGS has studied numerous landslides. This work informs our geological maps, memoirs and sheet explanations and provides data for our National Landslide Database , which underpins much of our research. If you’ve seen a landslide or want to contact us about landslides, you can email us at ...
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Aug 1, 2021 · In this study, two bivariate statistical models: the evidential belief functions (EBF) and the weight of evidence (WoE), were used to produce landslide susceptibility maps for the study area.
