Size and spatial distribution of landslides induced by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in the Bhote Koshi river watershed

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-016-4140-y

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	Size and spatial distribution of landslides induced by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in the Bhote Koshi river watershed
	GUO Chen-wen; HUANG Yi-dan; YAO Ling-kan; ALRADI Helal
刊名	Journal of Mountain Science
	2017-10
卷号	14 期号:10 页码:1938-1950
关键词	Landslide Distribution Gorkha Earthquake Himalaya Cellular Automata Self-organized Criticality
ISSN号	1672-6316
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-016-4140-y
通讯作者	HUANG Yi-dan
文献子类	期刊论文
英文摘要	The Mw 7.8 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal on April 25, 2015, produced thousands of landslides in the Himalayan mountain range. After the earthquake, two field investigations along Araniko Highway were conducted. Then, using remote sensing technology and geographic information system (GIS) technology, 1481 landslides were identified along the Bhote Koshi river. Correlations between the spatial distribution of landslides with slope gradient and lithology were analyzed. The power-law relationship of the size distribution of earthquake-induced landslides was examined in both the Higher Himalaya and Lesser Himalaya. Possible reasons for the variability of the power exponent were explored by examining differences in the geological situations of these areas. Multi-threshold cellular automata were introduced to model the complexity of system components. Most of the landslides occurred at slope gradients of 30°–40°, and the landslide density was positively correlated with slope gradient. Landslides in hard rock areas were more common than in soft rock areas. The cumulative number-area distribution of landslides induced by the Gorkha earthquake exhibited a negative power-law relationship, but the power exponents were different: 1.13 in the Higher Himalaya, 1.36 and Lesser Himalaya. Furthermore, the geological conditions were more complex and varied in the Lesser Himalaya than in the Higher Himalaya, and the cellular automata simulation results indicated that, as the complexity of system components increased, the power exponent increased. Therefore, the variability of the power exponent of landslide size distribution should ascribe to the complexity of geological situations in the Bhote Koshi river watershed.
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/19088]
专题	Journal of Mountain Science _Journal of Mountain Science-2017_Vol14 No.10
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	GUO Chen-wen,HUANG Yi-dan,YAO Ling-kan,et al. Size and spatial distribution of landslides induced by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in the Bhote Koshi river watershed[J]. Journal of Mountain Science,2017,14(10):1938-1950.
APA	GUO Chen-wen,HUANG Yi-dan,YAO Ling-kan,&ALRADI Helal.(2017).Size and spatial distribution of landslides induced by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in the Bhote Koshi river watershed.Journal of Mountain Science,14(10),1938-1950.
MLA	GUO Chen-wen,et al."Size and spatial distribution of landslides induced by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in the Bhote Koshi river watershed".Journal of Mountain Science 14.10(2017):1938-1950.