Landslides with high frequency and large property loss are one of the most well-known nature haza... more Landslides with high frequency and large property loss are one of the most well-known nature hazards in the world. The area of the Three Gorges Reservoir in China has a lot of landslide distributions due to geological factors and human activities. Analysis of frequency-size distribution of landslides has been frequently applied by numerous researchers. Hereby, Power-law statistics is a widely used method to determine the frequency-area (and -volume) distribution of landslides. In this study, we perform statistical analysis for a landslide inventory of the Wanzhou District in the Three-Gorges reservoir area of China. The goal is to prove that power-law statistics method for the frequency-size distribution of landslides is also applicable in Chinese environments. As the landslide investigation data is always incomplete, we proposed a way of dealing with incomplete data in this study in order to predict the total number of landslides in the study area. This study is carried out in Wanz...
Since the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir in June 2003, a number of new landslides have... more Since the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir in June 2003, a number of new landslides have occurred and existing landslides have been made worse. The 1,260 × 104 m3 Baishuihe landslide, located at 56 km west of the Three Gorges Dam, began to deform more noticeably after the first impoundment in early July 2003. The sliding of the two blocks comprising the landslide, one an active block and the other a relatively stable block, became apparent after approximately 5 years of monitoring. Field recordings show that the landslide displacement is affected by the combined effects of the rainfall and water level in the reservoir. These effects have been investigated in the present paper, including the deformation characteristics (movement pattern, direction, displacement and velocity) earmarking the temporal evolution of the active block. Based on a practical creep model of a large rock slide, alert velocity thresholds for pre-alert, alert and emergency phases have been computed corresponding to the imminence of failure. The alert velocity thresholds are being proposed to be included as a part of an early-warning system of an emergency plan drawn up to minimize the adverse impact in the event of landslide failure. The emergency plan is intended to be implemented as a risk management tool by the relevant authorities of the Three Gorges Reservoir in the near future.
International Symposium on Spatial Analysis, Spatial-Temporal Data Modeling, and Data Mining, 2009
ABSTRACT Although the project of the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River in China can utili... more ABSTRACT Although the project of the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River in China can utilize this huge potential source of hydroelectric power, and eliminate the loss of life and damage by flood, it also causes environmental problems due to the big rise and fluctuation of the water, such as geo-hazards. In order to prevent and predict geo-hazards, the establishment of prediction system of geo-hazards is very necessary. In order to implement functions of hazard prediction of regional and urban geo-hazard, single geo-hazard prediction, prediction of landslide surge and risk evaluation, logical layers of the system consist of data capturing layer, data manipulation and processing layer, analysis and application layer, and information publication layer. Due to the existence of multi-source spatial data, the research on the multi-source transformation and fusion data should be carried on in the paper. Its applicability of the system was testified on the spatial prediction of landslide hazard through spatial analysis of GIS in which information value method have been applied aims to identify susceptible areas that are possible to future landslide, on the basis of historical record of past landslide, terrain parameter, geology, rainfall and anthropogenic activity. Detailed discussion was carried out on spatial distribution characteristics of landslide hazard in the new town of Badong. These results can be used for risk evaluation. The system can be implemented as an early-warning and emergency management tool by the relevant authorities of the Three Gorges Reservoir in the future.
ABSTRACT It is of significance to research failure mechanism of debris landslides that are widesp... more ABSTRACT It is of significance to research failure mechanism of debris landslides that are widespread in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area. Based on the statistical analysis of the developmental law and failure mode of debris landslides in the Three Gorges Reservoir, the mode of progressive failure is found. The mechanical model for progressive failure of debris landslides with two slip bands is also established by applying slice method. According to the results of the downslide force between adjacent slices, if the downslide force of lower slice is larger than zero, the slice fails along the major sliding surface, otherwise it is stable. In result, the failure range is obtained. The stress function can be determined through dimensional analysis of failure slice. According to static boundary conditions of the slice, stress state of any point in the slice can be obtained. Then stress state of any point in the secondary slip band can also be established. The failure of the secondary slip band is judged on the basis of Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion. Therefore, a mechanical method is proposed to analyze the progressive failure of debris landslide with two slip bands.
Landslides with high frequency and large property loss are one of the most well-known nature haza... more Landslides with high frequency and large property loss are one of the most well-known nature hazards in the world. The area of the Three Gorges Reservoir in China has a lot of landslide distributions due to geological factors and human activities. Analysis of frequency-size distribution of landslides has been frequently applied by numerous researchers. Hereby, Power-law statistics is a widely used method to determine the frequency-area (and -volume) distribution of landslides. In this study, we perform statistical analysis for a landslide inventory of the Wanzhou District in the Three-Gorges reservoir area of China. The goal is to prove that power-law statistics method for the frequency-size distribution of landslides is also applicable in Chinese environments. As the landslide investigation data is always incomplete, we proposed a way of dealing with incomplete data in this study in order to predict the total number of landslides in the study area. This study is carried out in Wanz...
Since the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir in June 2003, a number of new landslides have... more Since the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir in June 2003, a number of new landslides have occurred and existing landslides have been made worse. The 1,260 × 104 m3 Baishuihe landslide, located at 56 km west of the Three Gorges Dam, began to deform more noticeably after the first impoundment in early July 2003. The sliding of the two blocks comprising the landslide, one an active block and the other a relatively stable block, became apparent after approximately 5 years of monitoring. Field recordings show that the landslide displacement is affected by the combined effects of the rainfall and water level in the reservoir. These effects have been investigated in the present paper, including the deformation characteristics (movement pattern, direction, displacement and velocity) earmarking the temporal evolution of the active block. Based on a practical creep model of a large rock slide, alert velocity thresholds for pre-alert, alert and emergency phases have been computed corresponding to the imminence of failure. The alert velocity thresholds are being proposed to be included as a part of an early-warning system of an emergency plan drawn up to minimize the adverse impact in the event of landslide failure. The emergency plan is intended to be implemented as a risk management tool by the relevant authorities of the Three Gorges Reservoir in the near future.
Landslides with high frequency and large property loss are one of the most well-known nature haza... more Landslides with high frequency and large property loss are one of the most well-known nature hazards in the world. The area of the Three Gorges Reservoir in China has a lot of landslide distributions due to geological factors and human activities. Analysis of frequency-size distribution of landslides has been frequently applied by numerous researchers. Hereby, Power-law statistics is a widely used method to determine the frequency-area (and -volume) distribution of landslides. In this study, we perform statistical analysis for a landslide inventory of the Wanzhou District in the Three-Gorges reservoir area of China. The goal is to prove that power-law statistics method for the frequency-size distribution of landslides is also applicable in Chinese environments. As the landslide investigation data is always incomplete, we proposed a way of dealing with incomplete data in this study in order to predict the total number of landslides in the study area. This study is carried out in Wanz...
Since the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir in June 2003, a number of new landslides have... more Since the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir in June 2003, a number of new landslides have occurred and existing landslides have been made worse. The 1,260 × 104 m3 Baishuihe landslide, located at 56 km west of the Three Gorges Dam, began to deform more noticeably after the first impoundment in early July 2003. The sliding of the two blocks comprising the landslide, one an active block and the other a relatively stable block, became apparent after approximately 5 years of monitoring. Field recordings show that the landslide displacement is affected by the combined effects of the rainfall and water level in the reservoir. These effects have been investigated in the present paper, including the deformation characteristics (movement pattern, direction, displacement and velocity) earmarking the temporal evolution of the active block. Based on a practical creep model of a large rock slide, alert velocity thresholds for pre-alert, alert and emergency phases have been computed corresponding to the imminence of failure. The alert velocity thresholds are being proposed to be included as a part of an early-warning system of an emergency plan drawn up to minimize the adverse impact in the event of landslide failure. The emergency plan is intended to be implemented as a risk management tool by the relevant authorities of the Three Gorges Reservoir in the near future.
International Symposium on Spatial Analysis, Spatial-Temporal Data Modeling, and Data Mining, 2009
ABSTRACT Although the project of the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River in China can utili... more ABSTRACT Although the project of the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River in China can utilize this huge potential source of hydroelectric power, and eliminate the loss of life and damage by flood, it also causes environmental problems due to the big rise and fluctuation of the water, such as geo-hazards. In order to prevent and predict geo-hazards, the establishment of prediction system of geo-hazards is very necessary. In order to implement functions of hazard prediction of regional and urban geo-hazard, single geo-hazard prediction, prediction of landslide surge and risk evaluation, logical layers of the system consist of data capturing layer, data manipulation and processing layer, analysis and application layer, and information publication layer. Due to the existence of multi-source spatial data, the research on the multi-source transformation and fusion data should be carried on in the paper. Its applicability of the system was testified on the spatial prediction of landslide hazard through spatial analysis of GIS in which information value method have been applied aims to identify susceptible areas that are possible to future landslide, on the basis of historical record of past landslide, terrain parameter, geology, rainfall and anthropogenic activity. Detailed discussion was carried out on spatial distribution characteristics of landslide hazard in the new town of Badong. These results can be used for risk evaluation. The system can be implemented as an early-warning and emergency management tool by the relevant authorities of the Three Gorges Reservoir in the future.
ABSTRACT It is of significance to research failure mechanism of debris landslides that are widesp... more ABSTRACT It is of significance to research failure mechanism of debris landslides that are widespread in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area. Based on the statistical analysis of the developmental law and failure mode of debris landslides in the Three Gorges Reservoir, the mode of progressive failure is found. The mechanical model for progressive failure of debris landslides with two slip bands is also established by applying slice method. According to the results of the downslide force between adjacent slices, if the downslide force of lower slice is larger than zero, the slice fails along the major sliding surface, otherwise it is stable. In result, the failure range is obtained. The stress function can be determined through dimensional analysis of failure slice. According to static boundary conditions of the slice, stress state of any point in the slice can be obtained. Then stress state of any point in the secondary slip band can also be established. The failure of the secondary slip band is judged on the basis of Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion. Therefore, a mechanical method is proposed to analyze the progressive failure of debris landslide with two slip bands.
Landslides with high frequency and large property loss are one of the most well-known nature haza... more Landslides with high frequency and large property loss are one of the most well-known nature hazards in the world. The area of the Three Gorges Reservoir in China has a lot of landslide distributions due to geological factors and human activities. Analysis of frequency-size distribution of landslides has been frequently applied by numerous researchers. Hereby, Power-law statistics is a widely used method to determine the frequency-area (and -volume) distribution of landslides. In this study, we perform statistical analysis for a landslide inventory of the Wanzhou District in the Three-Gorges reservoir area of China. The goal is to prove that power-law statistics method for the frequency-size distribution of landslides is also applicable in Chinese environments. As the landslide investigation data is always incomplete, we proposed a way of dealing with incomplete data in this study in order to predict the total number of landslides in the study area. This study is carried out in Wanz...
Since the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir in June 2003, a number of new landslides have... more Since the impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir in June 2003, a number of new landslides have occurred and existing landslides have been made worse. The 1,260 × 104 m3 Baishuihe landslide, located at 56 km west of the Three Gorges Dam, began to deform more noticeably after the first impoundment in early July 2003. The sliding of the two blocks comprising the landslide, one an active block and the other a relatively stable block, became apparent after approximately 5 years of monitoring. Field recordings show that the landslide displacement is affected by the combined effects of the rainfall and water level in the reservoir. These effects have been investigated in the present paper, including the deformation characteristics (movement pattern, direction, displacement and velocity) earmarking the temporal evolution of the active block. Based on a practical creep model of a large rock slide, alert velocity thresholds for pre-alert, alert and emergency phases have been computed corresponding to the imminence of failure. The alert velocity thresholds are being proposed to be included as a part of an early-warning system of an emergency plan drawn up to minimize the adverse impact in the event of landslide failure. The emergency plan is intended to be implemented as a risk management tool by the relevant authorities of the Three Gorges Reservoir in the near future.
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