Ví dụ về landslide

• The present island shape is the result of two giant landslides leaving large amphitheatres in the northwest and southwest of the island.

• They are in fact caused by various disturbances in the ocean, most commonly underwater earthquakes (directly, or indirectly via undersea landslides) or volcanic eruptions.

• Small cairns mark sections where landslides and floods have eaten out great half moons.

• Species composition and dynamics differ between the upper erosional zone and the lower nutrient-rich deposition areas at the base of landslides.

• Differences in dispersal requirements to landslides and treefall gaps may influence seed characteristics.

• Indeed, cities become active geological agents, destabilizing natural conditions and affecting flooding, subsidence, landslides, groundwater flow, subsurface contamination, soil expansion, and river and coastal erosion.

• Other natural phenomena also can bury a site, including sandstorms and landslides.

• Tsunamis can also be caused by underwater volcanoes and submarine landslides.

• Successful coups, wars, electoral landslides and the other big events of political history often are unanticipated.

• In economic terms, landslides pose immense hazards, even on the seemingly insignificant scale of a motorway embankment failure.

• Growing ocean island volcanoes are often structurally unstable and subject to gravity-driven deformation and giant landslides.

• As greater proportions of forest are lost, landscapes become more vulnerable to severe landslides during periods of intense rain.

• Our central argument is that watershed-scale conservation initiatives are necessary to reduce the risk of natural disasters caused by hurricane-induced landslides.

• The landscape of this area is characterized by lavas and by sedimentary deposits originated by landslides from steep neighbouring cliffs.

• There are few presidential elections that produce surprise landslides.