Assessment of a catastrophic rock avalanche in the West Mongolian Altai Mountains
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013795216307748" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013795216307748</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2017.12.003" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.enggeo.2017.12.003</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Assessment of a catastrophic rock avalanche in the West Mongolian Altai Mountains
Original language description
A giant rock avalanche that resulted in the formation of a dammed lake was discovered during geological mapping in the valley of the Dund Tsenkher Gol River, Munhkhairkhan Soum, Western Mongolian Altai. Fieldand satellite data (WorldView-2 and SENTINEL-1) were used to obtain a geomorphological description of the landslide and a 3D geometric reconstruction of the rock avalanche. With deposits exceeding 14 million cubic meters in volume, the rock avalanche is one of the largest catastrophic landslides in the world. The rock avalanchewas controlled by tectonic setting. The slope instability was favored by the presence of NW-SE and NE-SW trending fault systems, steep foliation and morphology. The rock avalanche was likely triggered by an earthquake related to the activity of the Tolbonuur and Hovd faults. Although the area is sparsely populated, the settlement of Munhkhairkhan Soum is threatened by rockfalls or even by rock avalanches that could be triggered by future earthquakes along these faults.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10505 - Geology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Engineering Geology
ISSN
0013-7952
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
233
Issue of the periodical within the volume
31 January 2018
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
38–47
UT code for WoS article
000424187300004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85037331802