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 …

Ambient seismic noise monitoring of a clay landslide: Toward failure prediction

G Mainsant, E Larose, C Brönnimann… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Given that clay‐rich landslides may become mobilized, leading to rapid mass movements
(earthflows and debris flows), they pose critical problems in risk management worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] Use of Sentinel-2 images for the detection of precursory motions before landslide failures

P Lacroix, G Bièvre, E Pathier, U Kniess… - Remote Sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The Sentinel-2 optical satellites provide a global coverage of land surfaces with a 5-day
revisit time at the Equator. We investigate the ability of these freely available optical images …

Improved co-registration of Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8 imagery for Earth surface motion measurements

A Stumpf, D Michéa, JP Malet - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
The constellation of Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 optical satellites offers opportunities for a wide
range of Earth Observation (EO) applications and scientific studies in Earth sciences mainly …

Assessing probability of failure of urban landslides through rapid characterization of soil properties and vegetation distribution

S Fiolleau, S Uhlemann, N Falco, B Dafflon - Geomorphology, 2023 - Elsevier
Landslides are a major natural hazard, threatening communities and infrastructure
worldwide. The mitigation of these hazards relies on the understanding of their causes and …

Shear‐wave velocity as an indicator for rheological changes in clay materials: Lessons from laboratory experiments

G Mainsant, D Jongmans, G Chambon… - Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Clay‐rich geological formations are responsible for many landslides, the dynamics of which
are still poorly understood and intensely debated. Analysis of landslide motion shows that …

Seismic characterization of a clay-block rupture in Harmalière landslide, French Western Alps

S Fiolleau, D Jongmans, G Bièvre… - Geophysical Journal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
SUMMARY In late June 2016, the Harmalière clayey landslide (located 30 km south of the
city of Grenoble, French Alps) was dramatically reactivated at the headscarp after a 35-yr …

1-D and 2-D resonances in an Alpine valley identified from ambient noise measurements and 3-D modelling

O Le Roux, C Cornou, D Jongmans… - Geophysical Journal …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
H/V spectral ratios are regularly used for estimating the bedrock depth in 1-D like basins
exhibiting smooth lateral variations. In the case of 2-D or 3-D pronounced geometries …

Multi-method investigation of mass transfer mechanisms in a retrogressive clayey landslide (Harmalière, French Alps)

S Fiolleau, D Jongmans, G Bièvre, G Chambon… - Landslides, 2021 - Springer
The mass transfer mechanisms in landslides are complex to monitor because of their
suddenness and spatial coverage. The active clayey Harmalière landslide, located 30 km …

Poisson's ratios and S-wave velocities of the **shancun landslide, Sichuan, China, inferred from high-frequency receiver functions of local earthquakes

Z Wei, R Chu, Z Li, M Sheng, Q Zeng - Science China Earth Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Landslides are recurrent geological phenomena on Earth that cause heavy casualties and
property losses annually. In this study, we use the V pk stacking and nonlinear waveform …