We use magnitude-frequency analysis as a statistical tool to quantify the erosion caused by landslides and debris flows. Using air-photo- and ground-derived data we show that the departure from power-law distribution customarily observed for small magnitude is an artefact of sampling deficiencies. Nonetheless, the total distribution is not sensitive to the frequency of small slides and total erosion remains adequately represented in the air-photo-derived data. Our data also demonstrate a real departure from simple scaling at much larger magnitudes, the cause of which is not definitively established. © 2004 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.

Brardinoni, F., Church, M. (2004). Representing the landslide magnitude-frequency relation: Capilano River Basin, British Columbia. EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS, 29(1), 115-124 [10.1002/esp.1029].

Representing the landslide magnitude-frequency relation: Capilano River Basin, British Columbia

BRARDINONI, FRANCESCO;
2004

Abstract

We use magnitude-frequency analysis as a statistical tool to quantify the erosion caused by landslides and debris flows. Using air-photo- and ground-derived data we show that the departure from power-law distribution customarily observed for small magnitude is an artefact of sampling deficiencies. Nonetheless, the total distribution is not sensitive to the frequency of small slides and total erosion remains adequately represented in the air-photo-derived data. Our data also demonstrate a real departure from simple scaling at much larger magnitudes, the cause of which is not definitively established. © 2004 John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
landslide, magnitude–frequency analysis, sampling deficiencies, British Columbia
English
2004
29
1
115
124
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Brardinoni, F., Church, M. (2004). Representing the landslide magnitude-frequency relation: Capilano River Basin, British Columbia. EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS, 29(1), 115-124 [10.1002/esp.1029].
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