Landslide susceptibility maps of Santiago city Andean foothills, Chile

ABSTRACT The urban expansion of Santiago city includes areas with geomorphological and geological conditions with potential to be affected by landslide processes. This work presents compiled landslide susceptibility maps for the Andean foothills of Santiago city, between Maipo and Mapocho rivers. Th...

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Autores principales: Lara,Marisol, Sepúlveda,Sergio A., Celis,Constanza, Rebolledo,Sofía, Ceballos,Pablo
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-710620180003004332018-11-05Landslide susceptibility maps of Santiago city Andean foothills, ChileLara,MarisolSepúlveda,Sergio A.Celis,ConstanzaRebolledo,SofíaCeballos,Pablo Landslides Slides Debris flows Rock falls Susceptibility ABSTRACT The urban expansion of Santiago city includes areas with geomorphological and geological conditions with potential to be affected by landslide processes. This work presents compiled landslide susceptibility maps for the Andean foothills of Santiago city, between Maipo and Mapocho rivers. The maps identify the areas prone to the generation of slides, falls and flows. The results show that the oriental foothills of Santiago city have moderate to high susceptibility of rock falls, rock and soil slides and debris flows. The most important of these landslide types are debris flows, due to the runout of this processes that may reach urban areas posing a risk for the city, for which detailed hazard studies are required.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessServicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN)Andean geology v.45 n.3 20182018-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-71062018000300433en10.5027/andgeov45n3-3151
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic Landslides
Slides
Debris flows
Rock falls
Susceptibility
spellingShingle Landslides
Slides
Debris flows
Rock falls
Susceptibility
Lara,Marisol
Sepúlveda,Sergio A.
Celis,Constanza
Rebolledo,Sofía
Ceballos,Pablo
Landslide susceptibility maps of Santiago city Andean foothills, Chile
description ABSTRACT The urban expansion of Santiago city includes areas with geomorphological and geological conditions with potential to be affected by landslide processes. This work presents compiled landslide susceptibility maps for the Andean foothills of Santiago city, between Maipo and Mapocho rivers. The maps identify the areas prone to the generation of slides, falls and flows. The results show that the oriental foothills of Santiago city have moderate to high susceptibility of rock falls, rock and soil slides and debris flows. The most important of these landslide types are debris flows, due to the runout of this processes that may reach urban areas posing a risk for the city, for which detailed hazard studies are required.
author Lara,Marisol
Sepúlveda,Sergio A.
Celis,Constanza
Rebolledo,Sofía
Ceballos,Pablo
author_facet Lara,Marisol
Sepúlveda,Sergio A.
Celis,Constanza
Rebolledo,Sofía
Ceballos,Pablo
author_sort Lara,Marisol
title Landslide susceptibility maps of Santiago city Andean foothills, Chile
title_short Landslide susceptibility maps of Santiago city Andean foothills, Chile
title_full Landslide susceptibility maps of Santiago city Andean foothills, Chile
title_fullStr Landslide susceptibility maps of Santiago city Andean foothills, Chile
title_full_unstemmed Landslide susceptibility maps of Santiago city Andean foothills, Chile
title_sort landslide susceptibility maps of santiago city andean foothills, chile
publisher Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN)
publishDate 2018
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-71062018000300433
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