BULLETIN ican rents 6 SESLOGE CE SNORE No 47 PARIS 1993 A SUGGESTED METHOD FOR DESCRIBING THE ACTIVITY OF A LANDSLIDE, PROPOSITION POUR UNE METHODE DE DESCRIPTION DE L’ACTIVITE D'UN GLISSEMENT DE TERRAIN [ENESCO WORKING PARTY ON WORLD LANDSLIDE INVENTORY {he air of ene cb deed sm lan Introduction The International Geoecical Societies” UNESCO Working Pury on” World Lande Inventory IWPAWLI hon beer formed tom ihe (AG's Comm ‘on on Landlider ang OWer Mise Mavens the IsSMFE Techmcal Comminee on andl” and ‘sominee”of National Groupe of he lemons Sovity for Rock Mechanie As 4 sonibuton tthe Internidonal Decade for Natal Draster Redaction 990-2000), the Working Paty fs sting the estab Heomen of World Landslide Inventory by suggssng anda terminology for devrbng Tandlide The Working Pay has Suguested a meine for reporting = [onde (WEIL, 1985 sod for preparing sland ie sary (WRAL, 19). THe Pans working dei thm of fandside is “The movement att mast of oc, st, or debris down 4 supe” (Cruden, 191), ‘The Working Party has et wp Working Groups 1968 tend the scope ofthe Landslide Report the rts of Imovemet of landslide, ther eas, the geology. te lamspe they ean, thir actvty ad the tion Sf movement wihin lndsien, Te eipgeston bere Tom the Worsing Geiup on Activity dese att, Unde eatings Ste wf Aetvay, Ditbation of ‘tiviye and: Siglo Avy al sill be axed ‘upplemeat the Laniside Repo. The Wosking Paty ‘edeomer curflly document proposals for sadn. Seamendmons to thi and ner) Suggested Methods “Tay shold be addressed othe Chita othe Work ine Party lcurenty Dr DIM, Cease, Daparnet of (Chat tagincerng, Unieraty of alba Eemonton, thea Canada 46 267), ‘Teems Relating t9 Activity Under activiy. broad arpects of landldes are de vie hove apes a sald ews the al Shumaiaance. of mervementy befor, more dead fcaminstion of the maura placed. The ters ‘Vanes (978) comidered lating fo ages abd tae of scsi with some of the terme rom sequencer o> psiton of movement hav heen resreuped under Ie Readings State of Activiy which detcribes whats non bos! the tintag of movement, Disb of tien describes broadly whore the latdle wad Sige of Activ. which indies bow Sislernt movements wien te landse contbute to itovea! movement (Tae I State of Activity Active lands (Fg 1) ae those that are eurenly thovig. andsies which have moved within the lst Soul cycle of sesons but which ae nol moving tti ea a he noe spec tw We 2 So present were described by Vanes (197) as suspended (rigs 2}. Inecve lanes ace those wich st ‘moved nore tam one anual ect of Seasons ago. This Sse may be aabalvided. It he cause of mverent Spparny remain, then the lansdes ie davmant (fig. 14). Perape, however, the vver which had been troding the toe ofthe moving slope hassel changed foun and the lndnide hs abaNpose ati Faget {itetcinzon Gostatom, 1976) If the toe of the slope has been proletedagsistersion by bank sro {rofher alicia remedial meawres have stopped he overeat he landshice ean he dexenbed stbced Undsies ten rem vse in the andeeape for thousands of eats ie ibey have iaily moved LUndstdes which have cles developed under die: ent geomerphotogical oe climae conditions have bees ‘leg rele (Fig. 1.6) Road constuction in Sostert England for instance veactvned elit debt flow 5 hich occured over es thousind yrs eles under Daria sondsion (Skempeor apd Weeks, 1978). [A andaide whichis again ative after being inactive ‘Bay be called reetvated. iides that ae reacted [rncraly move i proving sears whose strength arses approach residual (Shempton, 1970) ut fue (Krahn, Morgenster, 1979) value. Tey cam be Standard evita might Ne developed toast in is ‘ongishing suspended lanises fom dormant ad Te 86 st lise, These would desstide how segetaton ‘eolonives the niceneagened stipe moveDEAS nd al the diction of the es Iopoarapl By ‘Tinage, The sae of tee changes depends both on ‘he foal chmate snd the loeal wepoatton When the Init the landslide wal sormans when Usiaae ‘wade aero angle tout abou doco fies the lndsle foe relic. However these sence laaion show be confirmed by Sealed ty of ‘nple slope movements under fea condos. Acknowledgements “The members of the Working Group on Actviy are DIMt Gruden Faran 1. Hutchinson, &. Nossa WA Tnge DU, Varnes dnd G-X. Wang: We are grt to UNESCO Ear Scenes Divison for funding the trove of some Wortng Pasty aces 10 Mee sue the Suggested Meth. References cn oamiaa reason: Eagneg Ge ns nung usa one Pa a ‘nce Gesu. Rad. Nee Yor. 6 ena tie resin. cco Ariens Ws TCs pana spn nite egy SaYi “Aci anf Canna Be Wi hues ck 7