Reactivation mechanism of old landslide triggered by coupling of fault creep and water infiltration: a case study from the east Tibetan Plateau

Zhang, Yongshuang; Ren, Sanshao; Liu, Xiaoyi; Guo, Changbao; Li, Jinqiu; Bi, Junguo; Ran, Lina

doi:10.1007/s10064-023-03290-5

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“…The eastern Tibetan Plateau is characterized by one of the steepest terrains and the most intense tectonic activity. This region also has a large number of well-developed ancient landslides (Zhang et al, 2023). However, these landslides have experienced reactivation in recent years due to factors such as tectonic movement, increased human activities, and extreme rainfall; these events have resulted in increasingly serious casualties and economic losses (García-Delgado, 2020;Guo et al, 2020;Yan et al, 2021) (Figure 1).…”

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Response Mechanism of the Residual Strength to the Mesostructure of the Shear Surface in the Gravelly Slip Zone of Ancient Landslides

Ren,

Zhang,

et al. 2024

JGR Earth Surface

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Ancient landslides tend to reactivate along pre‐existing slip zones that have reached a residual state. On the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, previous research has indicated that the slip zone of ancient landslides is primarily composed of clayey soil with gravel, known as gravelly slip zone soil. However, the relationship between the macromechanical behavior of gravelly slip zones and the mesostructure of the shear surfaces affected by gravel is still unclear. Herein, ring shear tests and reversal direct shear tests were performed on gravelly slip zone soil, and the 3D morphology and shear surface roughness were quantitatively characterized by using 3D laser scanning technology and the power spectral density method. The results showed a significant correlation between the friction coefficient of the shear surface and its roughness. Gravel played a crucial role in influencing the macromechanical behavior of slip zones by altering the mesomorphology of the shear surfaces. By analyzing the mechanical properties of the contact unit on the shear surface, the residual strength of the gravelly slip zone was found to be jointly controlled by the basic strength of the fine‐grained soil and the undulations caused by the gravel. Finally, a residual strength model was developed for the gravelly slip zone considering both the strength of the fine‐grained soil and the shear surface roughness caused by the gravel.

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