A review and summary of the classification system, triggering factors, and global distribution of high and steep dangerous rocks

Z Yi, Y Yin, Z Zhang, X Wang, N Zhang, B Yin… - Environmental Earth …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract High and Steep Dangerous Rocks (HSDRs) are widespread worldwide, and have
always been one of the hot research topics in the field of engineering geology. To enable …

Dynamic numerical modelling of co-seismic landslides using the 3D distinct element method: Insights from the Balta rockslide (Romania)

AS Mreyen, D Donati, D Elmo, FV Donze… - Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ancient landslides of unknown origin can be found in large numbers in mountainous
regions; some represent valid markers of (pre-) historic natural regimes referring to either …

The potential of point clouds for the analysis of rock kinematics in large slope instabilities: examples from the Swiss Alps: Brinzauls, Pizzo Cengalo and Spitze Stei

R Kenner, V Gischig, Z Gojcic, Y Quéau, C Kienholz… - Landslides, 2022 - Springer
Lidar measurements and UAV photogrammetry provide high-resolution point clouds well
suited for the investigation of slope deformations. Today, however, the information contained …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering the evolution of the Bleis Marscha rock glacier (Val d'Err, eastern Switzerland) with cosmogenic nuclide exposure dating, aerial image correlation …

D Amschwand, S Ivy-Ochs, M Frehner… - The …, 2021 - tc.copernicus.org
We constrain the Holocene development of the active Bleis Marscha rock glacier (Err–Julier
area, eastern Swiss Alps) with 15 cosmogenic nuclide exposure ages (10 Be, 36 Cl) …

The Namaras rock avalanche: Evidence of mid-to-late Holocene paraglacial activity in the Central Taurus Mountains, SW Turkey

A Hashemi, MA Sarıkaya, T Görüm, KM Wilcken… - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
The Namaras rock avalanche (NRA) deposit originated from the northern flank of the
glaciokarstic Geyikdağ Mountain in the Central Taurus Range, SW Turkey. The deposit has …

[HTML][HTML] The Tamins rock avalanche (eastern Switzerland): timing and emplacement processes

OA Pfiffner, S Ivy-Ochs, Z Mussina, J Aaron… - Landslides, 2023 - Springer
The Tamins rock avalanche lies adjacent to the Flims rock avalanche, the largest in the Alps.
Its deposit forms a ridge across the Rhine Valley just downstream of the confluence of the …

36Cl exposure dating of the Mahu Giant landslide (Sichuan Province, China)

Y Cui, J Deng, W Hu, C Xu, H Ge, J Wei, J Zheng - Engineering Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Age is of great significance to understanding the causes of landslide instability and
movement, and therefore, it is important to know when conducting a hazard assessment. To …

Constraining the age and source area of the Molveno landslide deposits in the Brenta Group, Trentino Dolomites (Italy)

J Von Wartburg, S Ivy-Ochs, J Aaron, S Martin… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Rock avalanches are low frequency natural hazards that can alter landscape morphology,
and constraining the timing, volume and emplacement dynamics of pre-historic rock …

Reconstructing the gorte and spiaz de navesele landslides, NE of Lake Garda, Trentino dolomites (Italy)

G Ruggia, S Ivy-Ochs, J Aaron, O Steinemann, S Martin… - Geosciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
We applied a multi-method approach to reconstruct the Gorte rock avalanche (85–95 Mm3)
located at the northeastern end of Lake Garda. The combination of field mapping …

The concept of event-size-dependent exhaustion and its application to paraglacial rockslides

S Hergarten - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2023 - nhess.copernicus.org
Rockslides are a major hazard in mountainous regions. In formerly glaciated regions, the
disposition mainly arises from oversteepened topography and decreases through time …