Abstract
The karst mountainous areas of southwestern China are widely distributed and affluent in mineral resources. However, mining activities induced numerous large-scale landslides in this area, resulting in tremendous loss of lives and property to residents. As a result, it is crucial to figure out the triggering mechanism and failure modes of mining landslides for landslide prevention. In this paper, the environment characteristics and triggering mechanism of mining landslides in karst mountainous areas of southwestern China were analyzed by investigating a few mining landslides. Specifically, it can be attributed to the natural environment and human activities, which are topography, lithology, geological structure, karst hydrogeology, rainfall, and mining activities. On the other hand, a unified failure mode classification system for mining landslides in karst mountainous areas of Southwest China was established based on the international landslide classification system and different slope structures (subhorizontal bedding layered slope, bedding layered slope, anti-dip layered slope, lateral layered slope, oblique inclined bedding layered slope). In this classification system, the basic failure modes were analyzed in detail, and the mining impact mechanisms for each failure mode were revealed. The corresponding mechanical models and stability criteria for mining-induced flexural topple and planar slide were summarized. This study not only identifies and rapidly classifies mining landslides in the karst mountainous areas of southwestern China, but also further facilitates the prediction and evaluation of the stability of mining-induced unstable rock masses.
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Zhong, Z., Xu, Y., Wang, N. et al. Environmental characteristics and unified failure mode classification system for mining landslides in the karst mountainous areas of southwestern China. Carbonates Evaporites 38, 2 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13146-022-00818-w
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