Abe Barek landslide and landslide susceptibility assessment in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan

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	Abe Barek landslide and landslide susceptibility assessment in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
	Zhang, Jianqiang1,2 ; Gurung, Deo Raj 2; Liu, Rongkun 2; Murthy, Manchiraju Sri Ramachandra 2; Su, Fenghuan1
刊名	LANDSLIDES
	2015-06-01
卷号	12 期号:3 页码:597-609
关键词	Landslide Afghanistan Weight-of-evidence approach Landslide susceptibility assessment
ISSN号	1612-510X
通讯作者	Jianqiang,Zhang
英文摘要	Landslide is one of the most widely distributed mass movements in mountainous areas. With its wide spreading, abrupt, and seasonal characteristics, landslide always causes huge risks towards transportation, human settlements, industrial and mining plants, water resources facilities, and hydropower stations. Abe Barek landslide, which happened in the morning of May 2, 2014, in Ago District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, buried 86 houses and took the lives of almost 2700 people. Many factors triggered the occurrence of this disaster. Firstly, the landslide-impacted area has a complex geologic structure that bears concentrated faults with mountain slopes covered by thick loess. Secondly, at the time of landslide, a continuous rainfall had deepened the level of moisture in the loess layer, which made the loess mass heavier and changed the soil body's mechanical properties. Thirdly, a similar landslide once happened on the same slope, which destroyed the land cover and transformed the topology of the slope. In addition, farming and irrigating activities may have also affected the stability of loess mass in this area. Upon an initial examination of landslide distribution in Badakhshan Province by using high-resolution remote sensing images from Google Earth, a total number of 609 landslide sites were identified in this area, and a landslide susceptibility assessment was completed by utilizing weight-of-evidence method. Several suggestions on landslide risk reduction in this remote mountainous area are proposed at the end of this paper.
WOS标题词	Science & Technology ; Technology ; Physical Sciences
类目[WOS]	Engineering, Geological ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
研究领域[WOS]	Engineering ; Geology
关键词[WOS]	NORTHEAST AFGHANISTAN
收录类别	SCI
原文出处	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10346-015-0558-5
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000355341400014
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/7940]
专题	成都山地灾害与环境研究所_山地灾害与地表过程重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Mt Hazards & Surface Proc, Inst Mt Hazards & Environm, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China 2.Int Ctr Integrated Mt Dev, Kathmandu, Nepal
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Jianqiang,Gurung, Deo Raj,Liu, Rongkun,et al. Abe Barek landslide and landslide susceptibility assessment in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan[J]. LANDSLIDES,2015,12(3):597-609.
APA	Zhang, Jianqiang,Gurung, Deo Raj,Liu, Rongkun,Murthy, Manchiraju Sri Ramachandra,&Su, Fenghuan.(2015).Abe Barek landslide and landslide susceptibility assessment in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.LANDSLIDES,12(3),597-609.
MLA	Zhang, Jianqiang,et al."Abe Barek landslide and landslide susceptibility assessment in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan".LANDSLIDES 12.3(2015):597-609.