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Life and death of slow-moving landslides

Abstract

In the most destructive and catastrophic landslide events, rocks, soil and fluids can travel at speeds approaching several tens of metres per second. However, many landslides, commonly referred to as slow-moving landslides, creep at rates ranging from millimetres to several metres per year and can persist for years to decades. Although slow-moving landslides rarely claim lives, they can cause major damage to infrastructure and sometimes fail catastrophically, transitioning into fast-moving landslides that can result in thousands of casualties. In addition, slow-moving landslides are highly erosive features that control the landscape morphology in many mountainous regions (such as the California Coast Ranges or the Apennines). The persistent and long-term motion of slow-moving landslides provides an exceptional opportunity to investigate landslide processes and mechanisms. In this Review, we examine the environmental conditions (such as geology, climate and tectonics) of slow-moving-landslide-prone regions, analyse the forcings (for example, precipitation and groundwater, earthquakes, river erosion, anthropogenic forcings and external material supply) that drive their motion and investigate the subsequent implications of the different forcings on landslide dynamics. We then discuss circumstances in which slow-moving landslides can accelerate rapidly, move large distances or even fail catastrophically. Finally, we provide new perspectives and challenges for future landslide research.

Key points

  • Slow-moving landslides occur all around the world in mechanically weak rock and soil.

  • The persistent and long-term motion of slow-moving landslides provides an exceptional opportunity to investigate landslide processes and mechanisms.

  • The landslide velocity is modulated by external forcings (such as precipitation, earthquakes, material supply and anthropogenic activity).

  • Slow-moving landslides can sometimes accelerate rapidly and fail catastrophically.

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Fig. 1: The location of some of the best studied slow-moving landslides.
Fig. 2: Key characteristics of the compiled landslide database.
Fig. 3: Schematic demonstrating the possible forcings of landslides.
Fig. 4: Possible forcings for driving landslide acceleration.
Fig. 5: Schematics of landslide displacement and their associated mechanisms during the transition from slow to fast motion.
Fig. 6: Velocity map of ground motion over 3 years before the collapse of the Maoxian landslide, China.

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