INVESTIGADORES
MOREIRAS Stella Maris
artículos
Título:
Landslide Susceptibility Zonation in the Rio Mendoza Valley, Argentina.
Autor/es:
MOREIRAS, S.M.
Revista:
GEOMORPHOLOGY
Editorial:
Elsevier
Referencias:
Año: 2005 vol. 66 p. 345 - 357
ISSN:
0169-555X
Resumen:
A qualitative landslide susceptibility zonation map (scale 1:100,000) of a sector of the Río Mendoza Valley was prepared overlapping thematic maps of conditioning factors. Main parameters affecting the distribution of the landslides in the area were ranked according to the slope instability. Geomorphological surveys and the field observations enabled the identification of 300 historical or pre-historical landslides. A landslide inventory was developed classifying the processes involved in the destability of the slopes and analysing the degree of activity. The two factors that were shown to be of most influence in decreasing slope stability were lithology and slope angle.
