WE I know that sharp slopes and heavy fruits help operate the landslides, but are some types of landscapes more likely than others? The study indicates that the complex geological areas are likely to produce landslides.
Yivan Chang, from the Institute of Mountain Risk and Environment in Chengdu, ChinaAnd colleagues developed an indication of geological complexity, which combines four different geological components: stone complexity (the number of different types of rocks per unit); Techtoon complexity (density of breakdowns); Earthquakes (the possibility of earthquake activity); Structural complexity (how disturbance of rock structures).
By applying the geological complexity model to an area of the eastern Himalayas in Tibet, they are said in Engineering geology and the environment The areas with the highest geological complexity indicator have produced most of the landslides.
Whether it still applies the model in the earthly -acting land areas, but it provides a new approach to reading our landscape and shows that multiple geological factors feed on the region’s willingness to land collapses.
Combining geological factors with other variables such as climate, human activity and terrain, and we may gain a more clear picture of the place where landslides are likely to occur, which helps to inform the planning instructions, for example.
