Landslides from Massive Rock Slope Failure

PART 1. INTRODUCTION

1. LANDSLIDES FROM MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE AND ASSOCIATED PHENOMENA
S.G. EVANS, G. SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA, A.L. STROM, R.L. HERMANNS, A. ISCHUK, S. VINNICHENKO

2. SINGLE-EVENT LANDSLIDES RESULTING FROM MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE: CHARACTERISING THEIR FREQUENCY AND IMPACT ON SOCIETY
S.G. EVANS

PART 2. ANALYSIS OF INITIAL ROCK SLOPE FAILURE

3. ON THE INITIATION OF LARGE ROCKSLIDES: PERSPECTIVES FROM A NEW ANALYSIS OF THE VAIONT MOVEMENT RECORD
D.N. PETLEY, D.J. PETLEY

4. FROM CAUSE TO EFFECT: USING NUMERICAL MODELLING TO UNDERSTAND ROCK SLOPE INSTABILITY MECHANISMS
E. EBERHARDT

5. GRAVITATIONAL CREEP OF ROCK SLOPES AS PRE-COLLAPSE DEFORMATION AND SOME PROBLEMS IN ITS MODELLING
A.A. VARGA

6. MODELS AVAILABLE TO UNDERSTAND FAILURE AND PRE-FAILURE BEHAVIOUR OF LARGE ROCK SLOPE MOVEMENTS: THE CASE OF LA CLAPIÈRE, SOUTHERN ALPS, FRANCE
V. MERRIEN-SOUKATCHOFF, Y. GUNZBURGER

7. NUMERICAL MODELLING OF ROCK SLOPES USING A TOTAL SLOPE FAILURE APPROACH
D. STEAD, J.S. COGGAN

8. THE ROLE OF TOPOGRAPHIC AMPLIFICATION ON THE INITIATION OF ROCK SLOPES FAILURES DURING EARTHQUAKES
W. MURPHY

9. APPLICATION OF GROUND-BASED RADAR INTERFEROMETRY TO MONITOR AN ACTIVE ROCKSLIDE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
N. CASAGLI, P. FARINA, D. LEVA, D. TARCHI

10. MONITORING AND ASSESSING THE STATE OF ACTIVITY OF SLOPE INSTABILITIES BY THE PERMANENT SCATTERERS TECHNIQUE
C. COLESANTI, G.B. CROSTA, A. FERRETTI, C. AMBROSI

PART 4. ANALYSIS OF POST-FAILURE BEHAVIOUR

11. FORECASTING RUNOUT OF ROCK AND DEBRIS AVALANCHES
R.M. IVERSON

12. CONTINUUM NUMERICAL MODELLING OF FLOW-LIKE LANDSLIDES
G.B. CROSTA, S. IMPOSIMATO, D.G. RODDEMAN

13. ANALYSIS OF POST-FAILURE BEHAVIOUR
LANDSLIDE MOBILITY AND THE ROLE OF WATER F. LEGROS

14. ROCK AVALANCHE OCCURRENCE, PROCESS AND MODELLING
O. HUNGR

15. MOBILITY OF ROCK AVALANCHES TRIGGERED BY UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
V.V. ADUSHKIN

16. INFERENCES FROM THE MORPHOLOGY AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF ROCKSLIDES AND ROCK AVALANCHES RAPID ROCK MASS FLOW WITH DYNAMIC FRAGMENTATION:
M.J. McSAVENEY, T.R.H. DAVIES

17. MORPHOLOGY AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF ROCKSLIDES AND ROCK AVALANCHES: GROUNDS AND CONSTRAINTS FOR THEIR MODELLING
A. STROM

PART 5. CASE STUDIES OF MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE

18. THE FLIMS ROCKSLIDE: HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION AND NEW INSIGHTS
A. v. POSCHINGER, P. WASSMER, M. MAISCH

19. ROCK AVALANCHE AND MOUNTAIN SLOPE DEFORMATION IN A CONVEX DIP-SLOPE: THE CASE OF THE MAIELLA MASSIF, CENTRAL ITALY
G. SCARASCIA-MUGNOZZA, G. BIANCHI-FASANI, C. ESPOSITO, S. MARTINO, M. SAROLI, E. DI LUZIO, S.G. EVANS

20. SLOW-MOVING DISINTEGRATING ROCKSLIDES ON MOUNTAIN SLOPES
R. COUTURE, S.G. EVANS

21. EDOARDO SEMENZA: THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE ANCIENT VAIONT LANDSLIDE
M. GHIROTTI

22. FAILURE MECHANISMS AND RUNOUT BEHAVIOUR OF THREE ROCK AVALANCHES IN THE NORTH-EASTERN ITALIAN ALPS
R. GENEVOIS, C. ARMENTO, P.R. TECCA

PART 6. VOLCANIC LANDSLIDES

23. LARGE MODERN COLLAPSES ON THE ACTIVE VOLCANOES OF KAMCHATKA: CAUSES AND MECHANISM OF FORMATION
I.V. MELEKESTSEV

24. ASSESSING MASSIVE FLANK COLLAPSE AT STRATOVOLCANOES USING 3-D SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS
M.E. REID, D.L. BRIEN

25. CATASTROPHIC VOLCANIC LANDSLIDES: THE LA OROTAVA EVENTS ON TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS
M. HÜRLIMANN, A. LEDESMA

PART 7. REGIONAL STUDIES OF MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE

26. ROCK SLOPE FAILURES IN NORWEGIAN FJORD AREAS: EXAMPLES, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND TEMPORAL PATTERN
L.H. BLIKRA1, O. LONGVA, A. BRAATHEN, E. ANDA, J.F. DEHLS, K. STALSBERG

27. OF COMPLEX INTERACTIONS OF LITHOLOGIC, STRUCTURAL AND TOPOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND ACTIVE TECTONICS ROCK AVALANCHING IN THE NW ARGENTINE ANDES AS A RESULT
R.L. HERMANNS, S. NIEDERMANN, A. VILLANUEVA GARCIA, A. SCHELLENBERGER

28. ROCK AVALANCHES WITH COMPLEX RUN OUT AND EMPLACEMENT, KARAKORAM HIMALAYA, INNER ASIA
K. HEWITT

29. DISSECTED ROCKSLIDE AND ROCK AVALANCHE DEPOSITS; TIEN SHAN, KYRGYZSTAN
K. ABDRAKHMATOV, A. STROM

PART 8. INFLUENCES ON GEOMORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION

30. LANDSLIDE-DRIVEN EROSION AND TOPOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF ACTIVE MOUNTAIN BELTS
N. HOVIUS, C.P. STARK

31. IMPACTS OF LANDSLIDE DAMS ON MOUNTAIN VALLEY MORPHOLOGY
R.L. SCHUSTER

PART 9. STATE-OF-THE-ART

32. MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE : PERSPECTIVES AND RETROSPECTIVES ON STATE-OF-THE-ART
J.N. HUTCHINSON

Keywords: Geosciences, Geotechnical Engineering, Physical Geography, Applied Geosciences, Environment, general