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Tien-Chien Yang1 , Tien-Chien Chen This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.2 , Ching-Wee Lin3 and Sheng-Chi Lin4

1Department of Civil Engineering, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan 251, R.O.C.
2Department of Soil and Water Conservation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan 912, R.O.C.
3Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 701, R.O.C.
4National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction, Sindia, Taiwan 231, R.O.C.


 

Received: September 25, 2015
Accepted: November 12, 2015
Publication Date: June 1, 2016

Download Citation: ||https://doi.org/10.6180/jase.2016.19.2.07  


ABSTRACT


Many researches employed several landslide-related factors such as the slope-aspect, size, lithology etc. to study the landslide assessment. Utilizing the landslide inventory delineated by 1:5000 high resolution aerial photo, this article explored the landslide characteristics, such as the landslide area, slump direction and air current for two different rock types in Kaoping River basin during the period of 2009 Typhoon Morakot. It is found that the air current direction is the dominant factor for landslides triggered by a heavy rainfall in Kaoping River basin. The number and size of landslides in slate is larger than the sedimentary rock. This indicates the slate region in Kaoping River basin is more likely to take place landslide; however, the landslide characteristic in size distribution is similar.


Keywords: Landslide, Lithology, Air Current, Kaoping River Basin


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