The occurrence, mechanisms and hazards of large landslides along tablelands
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17310%2F24%3AA250394S" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17310/24:A250394S - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00587-1" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00587-1</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00587-1" target="_blank" >10.1038/s43017-024-00587-1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The occurrence, mechanisms and hazards of large landslides along tablelands
Original language description
The largest terrestrial coalescent landslide areas of the Earth, spanning hundreds to thousands of square kilometres, occur along the fringes of relatively low-relief sedimentary and volcanic tablelands. However, difficulties in landslide recognition in these areas have led to underestimations of their frequency and likelihood. In this Review, we explore the global distribution, controls and dynamics of landslides occurring along tableland fringes. Landslide fringes are caused by the uninterrupted and extensive presence of weak sub-caprock lithologies below a more competent caprock. Topography, escarpment height and caprock thickness do not affect landslide size but can locally influence the type of displacement. Rotational landslides dominate most landslide fringes and will eventually lead to tableland consumption over million-year timescales. Some tableland rims can generate catastrophic long-runout rock avalanches or earthflows, which might in turn trigger tsunamis, river avulsion or outburst floods. Tablelands can also fail by slow (centimetre per year) landslide movements sufficient to cause damage to infrastructure. These hazards are increasing especially in high-latitude tablelands owing to cryosphere degradation, as observed in Western Greenland. A more detailed global inventory of landslide fringe activity is urgently needed to better quantify these potential hazards.
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
10508 - Physical geography
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA23-07310S" target="_blank" >GA23-07310S: Deciphering the largest rock spread on Earth: why in arid Patagonia?</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
ISSN
2662-138X
e-ISSN
2662-138X
Volume of the periodical
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Issue of the periodical within the volume
10
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
686-700
UT code for WoS article
001314210700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85203966205