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Characteristics, types, main causes and development of high-position geohazard chains along the Jiali fault zone, Tibet, China

open access: yesZhongguo dizhi zaihai yu fangzhi xuebao, 2021
High-position geohazard chains are widely distributed along the Jiali fault zone, Tibet, China. They often induced severe flood disasters in the river basins of the Yigong Zangbu, Palong Zangbu, and the downstream of Yalu Zangbu, such as the famous ...
Jiawei WAN   +6 more
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Spatiotemporal distribution patterns of deadly geohazard events in China, 2013–2019

open access: yesNatural Hazards Research, 2022
This study collected and compiled the deadly geohazard events that occurred in China during 2013–2019, and counted 779 deadly geohazard events, resulting in 2386 dead and missing persons (387 missings), 670 injured persons, and the number of people ...
Yuandong Huang   +6 more
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Geohazards regionalization along highways in Shandong Province, China

open access: yesGeomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2020
The disturbance of the highway construction to the terrain and the natural environmental factors are the main causes of the geohazards along the highway.
Hongzhi Yang, Yue Zhao, Qianfang Cheng
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Addressing Geohazards Through Ocean Drilling [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Drilling, 2009
Natural geohazards, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and volcanic collapse, are of immediate societal concern. In an oceanic setting (Fig.
Craig Shipp   +6 more
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Geohazards, reflection and challenges in Mountain tunnel construction of China: a data collection from 2002 to 2018

open access: yesGeomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2020
In face of the complicated and changing geological conditions, safety issue is always a primary concern during the construction phase of tunnel in the mountainous regions of China.
Xiuling Wang   +5 more
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Urban-Mountain Coupling Characteristics Based on Landscape Form and Its Disaster Effects: A Case Study of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

open access: yesRedai dili, 2023
With the advancement of urbanization in China, hilly and gently sloping mountainous areas have become areas of high disturbance owing to urban construction, with the disturbed areas also having a high incidence of mountain disasters.
Li Hao   +7 more
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Soil geohazard mapping for improved asset management of UK local roads [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Unclassified roads comprise 60% of the road network in the United Kingdom (UK). The resilience of this locally important network is declining. It is considered by the Institution of Civil Engineers to be “at risk” and is ranked 26th in the world ...
Farewell, Timothy S.   +2 more
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Environmental Laws in Nigeria and Occurrence of Some Geohazards: A Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Nigeria as a country is blessed with an abundance of both human and natural resources. Exploitation of natural resources in Nigeria over the years with little or no regard for the environment has increased susceptibility of parts of the country to ...
C. N. Chibo, I. E. Osumgborogwu
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Anatomy of a Catastrophe: Reconstructing the 1936 Rock Fall and Tsunami Event in Lake Lovatnet, Western Norway

open access: yesFrontiers in Earth Science, 2021
Rock falls and landslides plunging into lakes or small reservoirs can result in tsunamis with extreme wave run-ups. The occurrence of these natural hazards in populated areas have encouraged a recent sharp increase of studies that aim to mitigate their ...
Nicolas Waldmann   +10 more
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Evaluation of geohazard susceptibility based on information value model and information value-logistic regression model: A case study of the central mountainous area of Hainan Island

open access: yesDizhi lixue xuebao, 2022
As the basis of geohazard risk evaluation, the geohazard susceptibility evaluation can objectively and accurately reflect the probability of geological hazard occurrence by using quantitative mathematical statistics.
LI Xin   +7 more
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