Life and death of slow-moving landslides

P Lacroix, AL Handwerger, G Bièvre - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
In the most destructive and catastrophic landslide events, rocks, soil and fluids can travel at
speeds approaching several tens of metres per second. However, many landslides …

[HTML][HTML] The role of infrequently mobile boulders in modulating landscape evolution and geomorphic hazards

CM Shobe, JM Turowski, R Nativ, RC Glade… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
A landscape's sediment grain size distribution is the product of, and an important influence
on, earth surface processes and landscape evolution. Grains can be large enough that the …

Landslide sensitivity and response to precipitation changes in wet and dry climates

AL Handwerger, EJ Fielding… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Slow‐moving landslides are hydrologically driven. Yet, landslide sensitivity to precipitation,
and in particular, precipitation extremes, is difficult to constrain because landslides occur …

Unsaturated flow processes and the onset of seasonal deformation in slow‐moving landslides

NJ Finnegan, JP Perkins, AL Nereson… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting rainfall‐induced landslide motion is challenging because shallow groundwater
flow is extremely sensitive to the preexisting moisture content in the ground. Here, we use …

A new type of sliding zone soil and its severe effect on the formation of giant landslides in the **sha River tectonic suture zone, China

S Ren, Y Zhang, J Li, X Liu, R Wu - Natural Hazards, 2023 - Springer
Most of the major rivers in the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau are distributed along
the tectonic suture zone, where many giant landslides are present. The catastrophic Baige …

The influence of coarse particle abundance and spatial distribution on sediment transport and cluster evolution in steep channels under sediment-starved conditions

W Li, M Saletti, MA Hassan, JPL Johnson, J Carr… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Large particles strongly influence flow resistance, energy dissipation, bed stability, and
channel morphology in mountain streams. We conducted flume experiments to evaluate …

Boulders as a lithologic control on river and landscape response to tectonic forcing at the Mendocino triple junction

CM Shobe, GL Bennett, GE Tucker, K Roback… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Constraining Earth's sediment mass balance over geologic time requires a quantitative
understanding of how landscapes respond to transient tectonic perturbations. However, the …

How big is a boulder? The importance of boulder definition choice in earth science research and river management

RJ Mason, LE Polvi - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Boulders are globally widespread and influence processes across many landscapes
including hillslopes, coasts, rivers and extra‐terrestrial settings. Boulders are described as …

Influence of rarely mobile boulders on channel width and slope: Theory and field application

R Nativ, JM Turowski, L Goren… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Large, rarely mobile boulders are observed globally in mountainous bedrock channels.
Recent studies suggest that high concentrations of boulders could be associated with …

Frictional control on accelerating creep during the slow‐to‐fast transition of rainfall‐induced catastrophic landslides

K Paul, P Bhattacharya, S Misra - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Slow moving landslides regulated by precipitation/snowmelt induced subsurface pore‐
pressure transients can sometimes accelerate to catastrophic failure causing loss of …