Flood and mass movements originating from glacial environments are particularly devastating in populated mountain regions of the world, but in the remote Mount Cook region of New Zealand’s Southern Alps minimal attention has been given to these processes. Glacial environments are characterized by high mass turnover and combined with changing climatic conditions, potential problems and process i...

A soil map (1:50,000 scale) was recently produced in Sardinia (Italy) using a cost-effective GIS approach. In this study we aimed to verify, two pilot areas and by means of statistical analysis, the effectiveness adopted methodology representing predicting spatial distribution types properties. We focused on evaluation 1) influence landforms parent materials (WRB Reference Soil Groups) selected...

Abstract Movement of soil and rock masses down the slope or known as landslide is a natural activity that can pose danger to humans. Generally, be influenced by slope, materials (rock/soil), rainfall. Morphologically, study area, which located in borders Tembalang Banyumanik Districts, Semarang City, hill quite steep. It has potential experience landslides. Landslide occurences at area do not a...

In this study, we conducted small-scale physical modeling tests to consider the impact of infiltration rainfall in order investigate processes involved wedge slope deformation and failure. The experiments were under controlled conditions intersection angle half-wedge angle. observations obtained during each stage failure used explain how gravity varies on slopes infer influences results indicat...

Three-dimensional failure analyses of slopes are rather elaborate, and for rock slopes, where the strength is defined by nonlinear envelopes, they particularly intricate. This why many earlier approaches used a linear approximation envelope prior to carrying out stability analysis. avoided in this paper, thanks using parametric form Hoek-Brown criterion. The kinematic approach limit analysis as...

GIS-based kinematic stability analysis in rock slopes is a rare practice geological engineering despite its immense potential to delineate unstable zones mountainous region. In this article, we have used modified technique assess the efficiency of predicting shallow landslides Himalayan mountains on regional scale. The limited use primarily due complexities involved practical application. To ma...