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Long-term measurements using an integrated monitoring network to identify homogeneous landslide sectors in a complex geo-environmental context (Lago, Calabria, Italy)

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Mass movements of different thicknesses and types affect the slope where the Greci and Piscopie villages lie (Lago, Calabria, Italy). The study concerns a moderately urbanized area where the lithological, structural, and hydrogeological conditions have produced a large and complex unstable area. In the study area, a multi-temporal field survey has allowed for detailed landslide inventory mapping and definition of the geometric and kinematic characteristics of mass movements with long-term monitoring. In particular, an integrated monitoring network was progressively put in place, since 1996 to measure superficial and deep displacements (GPS stations and inclinometers). The network dataset shows that the mass movements in the study area are characterized by an extremely slow or very slow rate of displacement. The elements acquired by a long-term monitoring of the deep displacements point out that the landslide bodies are prone to develop new failure surfaces progressively shallower, with a consequent increase of the hazard. Moreover, medium-deep and deep-seated landslides may rapidly accelerate in relation to rainfall conditions and significantly affect structures and infrastructures. The integration of the geological and geomorphological knowledges with the monitoring data allows for distinguishing six different homogeneous sectors on the slope, as well as the relative geometric and kinematic characteristics, and the type of mass movements. In the study area, which is representative of several aspects of other areas, the method proposed and the knowledge acquired by long-term monitoring could be useful to define mass movement mechanisms, geotechnical models, and risk mitigation strategies.

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  1. Research Institute for Geo-hydrological Protection, National Research Council of Italy, Via Cavour n. 4/6, 87036, Rende, CS, Italy

    G. Gullà & L. Borrelli

  2. Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research – ISPRA, Via Vitaliano Brancati n.48, Rome, Italy

    S. Calcaterra & P. Gambino

  3. DiBEST, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende, CS, Italy

    F. Muto

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Gullà, G., Calcaterra, S., Gambino, P. et al. Long-term measurements using an integrated monitoring network to identify homogeneous landslide sectors in a complex geo-environmental context (Lago, Calabria, Italy). Landslides 15, 1503–1521 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-018-0974-4

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