| Abstract: | The 8 October 2005 Kashmir earthquake triggered several thousand landslides. These were mainly rock falls and debris falls, although translational rock and debris slides also occurred. In addition, a sturzstrom (debris avalanche) comprising ??? 80??million m3 buried four villages and blocked streams to create two lakes. Although landsliding occurred throughout the region, covering an area of > 7500??km2, the failures were highly concentrated, associated with six geomorphic-geologic-anthropogenic settings, including natural failures in (1) highly fractured carbonate rocks comprising the lowest beds in the hanging wall of the likely earthquake fault; (2) Tertiary siliciclastic rocks along antecedent drainages that traverse the Hazara-Kashmir Syntaxis; (3) steep (> 50??) slopes comprising Precambrian and Lower Paleozoic rocks; (4) very steep (?? 50??) lower slopes of fluvially undercut Quaternary valley fills; and (5) ridges and spur crests. The sixth setting was associated with road construction. Extensive fissuring in many of the valley slopes together with the freshly mobilized landslide debris constitutes a potential hazard in the coming snowmelt and monsoon seasons. This study supports the view that earthquake-triggered landslides are highly concentrated in specific zones associated with the lithology, structure, geomorphology, topography, and human presence. ?? 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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| Citation Author: | Owen, L. A.; Kamp, U.; Khattak, G. A.; Harp, E. L.; Keefer, D. K.; Bauer, M. A. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Landslides triggered by the 8 October 2005 Kashmir earthquake; 2008; Article; Journal; Geomorphology; Owen, L. A.; Kamp, U.; Khattak, G. A.; Harp, E. L.; Keefer, D. K.; Bauer, M. A. |
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| Text: | Landslides triggered by the 8 October 2005 Kashmir earthquake; 2008; Article; Journal; Geomorphology; Owen, L. A.; Kamp, U.; Khattak, G. A.; Harp, E. L.; Keefer, D. K.; Bauer, M. A. |
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| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.04.007 |
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