This unique volume contains papers based on presentations and
discussions at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Massive Rock
Slope Failure; New Models for Hazard Assessment held in Celano,
Italy in June 2002. 32 papers by 64 engineers, geologists, and
geomorphologists from 16 countries address the issue of landslides
from massive rock slope failure and associated phenomena (landslide
tsunamis and landslide dams). Authors include some of the worlda
(TM)s leading authorities on the subject.
Amongst the thematic topics discussed are global frequency,
impacts on society, analysis of initial rock slope failure,
monitoring of rock slope movement, analysis and modeling of
post-failure behaviour, volcanic landslides, and influences of
massive rock slope failure on the geomorphological evolution of
mountain regions. Regional contributions include reports on
rockslides and rock avalanches in Norway, western Canada, the Andes
of Argentina, the Karakoram Himalaya, the European Alps, the
Appennines, and the mountains of Central Asia.
Rockslides and rock avalanches in the Central Asian republics of
the former Soviet Union are discussed in detail for the first time
in an English-language book. These landslides include the 1911 Usoi
rockslide, that dammed 75 km-long Lake Sarez, and the 1949 Khait
rock avalanche that may have killed up to 28,000 people. Both
landslides were earthquake-triggered and both are located in
Tajikistan. An additional highlight is a detailed description and
analysis of large-scale artificial rock avalanches triggered by
underground nuclear explosions during the testing programme of the
former Soviet Union.
The volume is a contribution to defining thestate-of-the-art in
hazard assessment for massive rock slope failure and to global
knowledge of the occurrence of landslides from massive rock slope
failure in time and space. It is dedicated to the memory of noted
Italian engineering geologist Professor Edoardo Semenza
(1927-2002).
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