Journal
GEOMORPHOLOGY
Volume 216, Issue -, Pages 53-57Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.03.029
Keywords
Buried-rupture earthquake; Surface-rupture earthquake; Landslide; Reverse fault
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41202235]
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Gorum et al. (2013, Geomorphology 184, 127-138) carried out a study on inventory compilation and statistical analyses of landslides triggered by the 2010 Mw 7.0 Haiti earthquake. They revealed that spatial distribution patterns of these landslides were mainly controlled by complex rupture mechanism and topography. They also suggested that blind-rupture earthquakes trigger fewer landslides than surface-rupture earthquakes on thrust reverse faults. Although a few lines of evidence indicate that buried-rupture earthquakes might trigger fewer landslides than surface-rupture earthquakes on reverse faults, more careful comparisons and analyses indicate that it is not always true. Instead, some cases show that a buried-rupture earthquake can trigger a larger quantity of landslides that are distributed in a larger area, whereas surface-rupture earthquakes can trigger larger but a fewer landslides distributed in a smaller area. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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