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Regional-scale landslide susceptibility assessment for the hilly state of Uttarakhand, NW Himalaya, India

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Landslide and related mass movement activities are common and one of the most destructive natural hazards in the mountainous terrain including the Himalayas. Of the 11 administrative states in the Indian Himalayan region, the state of Uttarakhand has witnessed enhanced activities of these phenomena. It is therefore essential to understand the regional scale landslide susceptibility assessment of the state and in the present study, landslide susceptibility mapping for the entire state has been carried out using bivariate weight of evidence and information value methods which depict that around 51% of the area is located in the high and very high landslide susceptible zones, 22–23% in the moderate and ~26–27% in the low and very low landslide susceptible zones, and slopes ranging between 40° and 60°, located at an elevation of 2000–4000 m, facing towards southern sides and covered with limestone, gneiss, quartzite and phyllite, have higher propensity towards development of landslides in the region.

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The authors thank the Director, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun for his constant encouragement to carry out the present study and publish the paper. Funding was provided by Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India (Grant Number DST/SPLICE/CCP/NMSHE/TF-3/WIHG/2015(G)).

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    Vikram Gupta, Sandeep Kumar & Ramandeep Kaur

  2. Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 248 001, India

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V Gupta conceived the idea. V Gupta, S Kumar, R Kaur and R S Tandon helped in data collection. S Kumar, R Kaur analyzed the data. All the authors contributed towards writing the manuscript.

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Gupta, V., Kumar, S., Kaur, R. et al. Regional-scale landslide susceptibility assessment for the hilly state of Uttarakhand, NW Himalaya, India. J Earth Syst Sci 131, 2 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-021-01746-4

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