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Abstract
Abstract
The platforms of old landslides triggered by historical earthquakes have often been important residential and agricultural places in active tectonic regions. In recent years, many old landslides have been reactivated due to various causes. Previous studies have shown that the hydrodynamic effect is an important triggering factor for landslide reactivation. However, as an old landslide has undergone a long consolidation period, the permeability of deposits is generally very low, and surface water can hardly infiltrate into deep zones of landslide deposits. Through field investigation, it is found that many old landslides are reactivated due to the coupled action of water infiltration and cracks in the east Tibetan Plateau. The cracks are controlled by fault creep in the initial formation process. In this paper, taking the Chashushan old landslide in the upstream of Jinsha River as a case study, field investigation, experimental study, numerical simulation, and PS-InSAR technique are performed to investigate the reactivation mechanism of the old landslide. The influences of cracks, rainfall, and canal leakage on old landslide reactivation are discussed. The cracks controlled by fault creep provide channels or media for the rapid infiltration of surface water, which is the triggering factor of landslide reactivation. The results in this paper can provide an important reference for research on the reactivation mechanism and risk control of old landslides in the east Tibetan Plateau and even in active tectonic areas around the world.
期刊介绍:
Engineering geology is defined in the statutes of the IAEG as the science devoted to the investigation, study and solution of engineering and environmental problems which may arise as the result of the interaction between geology and the works or activities of man, as well as of the prediction of and development of measures for the prevention or remediation of geological hazards. Engineering geology embraces:
• the applications/implications of the geomorphology, structural geology, and hydrogeological conditions of geological formations;
• the characterisation of the mineralogical, physico-geomechanical, chemical and hydraulic properties of all earth materials involved in construction, resource recovery and environmental change;
• the assessment of the mechanical and hydrological behaviour of soil and rock masses;
• the prediction of changes to the above properties with time;
• the determination of the parameters to be considered in the stability analysis of engineering works and earth masses.