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Topographic effects on frequency-size distribution of landslides triggered by the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake in 2018
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| Title: | Topographic effects on frequency-size distribution of landslides triggered by the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake in 2018 |
| Authors: | Kasai, Mio Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Yamada, Takashi Browse this author |
| Keywords: | Frequency-size distribution | | Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake | | Shallow landslides | | Slope angle | | Slope curvature | | Volcanic soil |
| Issue Date: | 17-Aug-2019 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Journal Title: | Earth planets and space |
| Volume: | 71 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page: | 89 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1186/s40623-019-1069-8 |
| Abstract: | This study examined the frequency-size distribution of 6117 landslides spread over 440 km² in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan, induced by the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake (Mw 6.6) on September 6, 2018. The study area is characterized by gently undulating terrain that is finely dissected by shallow streams and covered predominantly by layers of volcanic products with high water content. Most of the landslides were shallow landslides, and their slip surfaces often formed in a layer of volcanic soil called the "Ta-d," deposited at 9000 ybp. Low ridges separating small catchments allowed individual landslides to coalesce in many locations. The average size of landslides was 7160 m². Landslide size tended to increase with slope angle up to 20° to 25° and then decrease with further increase of slope angle. About half of the landslides occurred in a feature with both concave planform and profile curvature, and their average size was 8720 m². In contrast, 17% of the total landslides occurred in the case of both curvatures being convex, and their average size was 5190 m². The results indicated that the accumulation of saturated soil in concave features provided more opportunities for landslides of large sizes. The frequency-size distribution of the landslides presented high rollover, 5.0 x 10⁻³km², but the exponent of power law decay for medium to large landslides, - 2.46, was not largely different from those of studies in other locations. Compared with other seismically caused examples, the landslides triggered by the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake can be characterized as more clustered, more numerous, and larger in size for the moment magnitude of the earthquake. Conversely, the magnitude scale for the landslide event estimated from the total landslide area was equivalent to that of a region struck by an earthquake of Mw = 7.0 to 7.4. This study demonstrated that gently undulating regions can produce unexpectedly large and frequent landslides when struck by an intense earthquake, and when soil layers vulnerable to ground shaking cover the ground. |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/75652 |
| Appears in Collections: | 農学院・農学研究院 (Graduate School of Agriculture / Faculty of Agriculture) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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