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Landslide Science and Practice

Volume 5: Complex Environment

  • Cross-cutting approach through different geotechnical engineer and earth science

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Table of contents (45 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Submarine Landslides and Tsunamis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3
    2. Submarine Landslides and Their Consequences: What Do We Know, What Can We Do?

      • Maarten Vanneste, Carl Fredrik Forsberg, Sylfest Glimsdal, Carl B. Harbitz, Dieter Issler, Tore J. Kvalstad et al.
      Pages 5-17
    3. Model Test of Submarine Landslide Impact Forces Acting on Cables

      • Fawu Wang, Tomokazu Sonoyama, Mitsuki Honda
      Pages 19-25
    4. Güímar and La Orotava Mega-Landslides (Tenerife) and Tsunamis Deposits in Canary Islands

      • Mercedes Ferrer, Luis González de Vallejo, Julia Seisdedos, Juan J. Coello, J. Carlos García, Luis E. Hernández et al.
      Pages 27-33
    5. The Dynamics of Subaqueous Rock Avalanches: The Role of Dynamic Fragmentation

      • Paolo Mazzanti, Fabio Vittorio De Blasio
      Pages 35-40
    6. Submarine Slope Failures Along the Northern Sicilian Continental Margin (Southern Tyrrhenian Sea) and Possible Implications for Geo-Hazard

      • Attilio Sulli, Mauro Agate, Claudio Lo Iacono, Valeria Lo Presti, Valentina Pennino, Sabrina Polizzi
      Pages 41-48
    7. Interaction of Landslide Mass and Water Resulting in Impulse Waves

      • Giovanni B. Crosta, Silvia Imposimato, Dennis Roddeman
      Pages 49-56
    8. Simulation of Submarine Landslides by Cellular Automata Methodology

      • V. Avolio Maria, Bozzano Francesca, Di Gregorio Salvatore, Lupiano Valeria, Mazzanti Paolo
      Pages 65-72
    9. Modelling of the 1888 Landslide Tsunami, Trondheim, Norway

      • Sylfest Glimsdal, Jean-Sebastien L’Heureux, Carl B. Harbitz, Geir K. Pedersen
      Pages 73-79
    10. Landslides Along Norwegian Fjords: Causes and Hazard Assessment

      • Jean-Sebastien L’Heureux, Louise Hansen, Oddvar Longva, Raymond S. Eilertsen
      Pages 81-87
    11. Mapping of Subaqueous Landforms for Near-Shore Landslide Susceptibility Assessment Along Norwegian Fjords

      • Louise Hansen, Jean-Sebastien L’Heureux, Oddvar Longva, Raymond S. Eilertsen, Reidulv Bøe
      Pages 89-94
  3. Landslide in Coastal Area

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
    2. State of the Art for Landslides Along the North Bulgarian Black Sea Coast

      • Boyko Berov, Plamen Ivanov, Nikolai Dobrev, Rosen Nankin, Miroslav Krastanov
      Pages 97-102
    3. Flood Historical Data for Flood Risk Estimation in Coastal Areas, Eastern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy

      • Sabina Porfido, Eliana Esposito, Flavia Molisso, Marco Sacchi, Crescenzo Violante
      Pages 103-108
    4. Large Landslides in Sea-Cliff Areas of the Central Adriatic Coast (Italy)

      • Domenico Aringoli, Marcello Buccolini, Marco Materazzi, Bernardino Gentili, Gilberto Pambianchi, Nicola Sciarra
      Pages 129-133

About this book

This book contains peer-reviewed papers from the Second World Landslide Forum, organised by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), that took place in September 2011. The entire material from the conference has been split into seven volumes, this one is the fifth: 1. Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility and Hazard Zoning, 2. Early Warning, Instrumentation and Monitoring, 3. Spatial Analysis and Modelling, 4. Global Environmental Change, 5. Complex Environment, 6. Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation, 7. Social and Economic Impact and Policies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Geological Survey of Italy, ISPRA - Italian Institute for Environmen, Rome, Italy

    Claudio Margottini

  • ICL - International Consortium on Landsl, Florence, Italy

    Paolo Canuti

  • Kyoto University Uji-Campus, Uji, Japan

    Kyoji Sassa

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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