The American Geophysical Union (AGU23) is a Fall meeting in San Francisco on December 11–15, 2023 celebrating open science. Over 25,000 scientists and researchers from around the world come gather and share findings and engage in discussion on how we can move forward in Earth science and address climate change.
This year, several members of the CCfLG will be giving an oral and poster presentation on “How to Trigger a Landslide: Predictive Models and Observations from Recent Events.”
How to Trigger a Landslide: Predictive Models and Observations from Recent Events
Landslides and related ground failure processes are a major hazard for communities living in mountainous terrain. This session will focus on prediction and observation of landslide triggering mechanisms, considering questions like: What are the processes driving landslide failure? Is a history of landsliding predictive of future events? What topographic, environmental and anthropogenic variables influence the spatio-temporal distribution of landslides? What is the importance of background tectonic and climatic forcings? The session invites and will feature examples from recent triggering events – Hurricanes Fiona and Maria, atmospheric rivers along the Pacific coast, the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, and other events. The session will also discuss a proposed Collaborative National Center for Landslide Geohazards.
The conveners of the presentation include Karl A Lang (Georgia Institute of Technology), Gregory E Tucker (University of Colorado at Boulder), Frances Rivera-Hernandez (Georgia Institute of Technology), and K. Stephen Hughes (University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez). The student/early career convener is Mehmet Evren Soylu (Georgia Institute of Technology).