Morphostructure of Landslides: Characterization Through Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT)

Javiera Fuenzalida, Pierre Yves Descote, Gustavo Gatica, Luis F. Robledo, Diego Villalobos, Sergio Carvajal, Xaviera Palma, Cristóbal Ramírez, Ivo Fustos, Mauricio Calderon, Wen Nie, Wei Xie

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Abstract

Rotational landslide has generally been characterized through shallow geophysics methods and satellite analysis to study potential hazards to the population. At present, the recognition of landslides by their morpho-structure considers the combination of multiple sources of information and precision levels acquired through geomorphological, geophysical, and geotechnical methods. Our landslide case study is in San José de Maipo, Central Chile. We present a methodology for morphostructural characterization through electrical resistivity tomography. The validation of this methodology considers data acquisition through the ARES II resistivity system, data processing using RES2DINV inversion software, and the electric profile interpretation. The Wenner-Schlumberger geometric arrangement was used for the ERT data acquisition, with two contrasts in the resistivity values. Therefore, we interpret that the morphostructures are limited by sharp contrasts in resistivity values between horizontal and vertical layers (resistivity values) along the unstable slope. These values show high resistivity values in the upper zone of the landslide and low values in the lower zone. We delimited the rupture surface at 20 m in the middle of the profile. The depth decreases laterally, reaching 5 m. Finally, the proposed morphostructural model allowed the sliding to be characterized geometrically as a concave upward recognizable rupture surface of known depth and extension. We presented the mosphostructural model to determine the landslide geometrically to obtain data on the rotational landslide's depth, extension, and morphology.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRecent Research on Environmental Earth Sciences, Geomorphology, Soil Science, Paleoclimate, and Karst - Proceedings of the 1st MedGU, Istanbul 2021 Volume 4
EditorsAttila Çiner, Md Firoz Khan, Amjad Kallel, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Mario Parise, Rahim Barzegar, Zeynal Abiddin Ergüler, Nabil Khelifi, Imran Ali
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages155-158
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9783031429163
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event1st International conference on Mediterranean Geosciences Union, MedGU 2021 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 25 Nov 202128 Nov 2021

Publication series

NameAdvances in Science, Technology and Innovation
ISSN (Print)2522-8714
ISSN (Electronic)2522-8722

Conference

Conference1st International conference on Mediterranean Geosciences Union, MedGU 2021
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period25/11/2128/11/21

Keywords

  • Electrical resistivity tomography
  • Landslide
  • Morphostructure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Architecture
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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