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ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
Volume 59, Issue 3-4, Pages 219-231Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(00)00075-2
Keywords
granite; weathering; sheeting joint; micro-sheeting; landslide; rainstorm
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Certain types of granite in mountainous areas are microscopically sheeted to a depth of 50 m due to unloading under the stress field that reflects slope morphology. Micro-sheets generally strike parallel to major slope surfaces and gently dip downslope. forming cataclinal overdip slopes. The cataclinal overdip slope accelerates creep movement of micro-sheeted granite. which in turn loosens and disintegrates granite via the widening or neoformation of cracks, probably in combination with stress release. temperature change, and changes in water content near the ground surface. The surface portion of micro-sheeted granite is thus loosened with a well-defined basal front, which finally slides in response to heavy rain. Innumerable landslides of this type occurred in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, following the heavy rainstorm of 29 June 1999. Following such landslides, the weathering of micro-sheeted granite exposed on the landslide scar recommences, setting the stage for future landslide. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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