An implementation of rock engineering system for ranking the instability potential of natural slopes in Greek territory. An application in Karditsa County

Rozos, D; Pyrgiotis, L; Skias, S; Tsagaratos, P

dc.contributor.author	Rozos, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Pyrgiotis, L	en
dc.contributor.author	Skias, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Tsagaratos, P	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:27:54Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:27:54Z
dc.date.issued	2008	en
dc.identifier.issn	1612-510X	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/18625
dc.subject	Area affected	en
dc.subject	Greece	en
dc.subject	Instability index	en
dc.subject	Karditsa County	en
dc.subject	Landslides	en
dc.subject	Rock engineering system	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Geological	en
dc.subject.classification	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary	en
dc.subject.other	Computer networks	en
dc.subject.other	Electromagnetic wave emission	en
dc.subject.other	Electromagnetic waves	en
dc.subject.other	Land use	en
dc.subject.other	Landslides	en
dc.subject.other	Area affected	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Instability index	en
dc.subject.other	Karditsa County	en
dc.subject.other	Rock engineering system	en
dc.subject.other	System stability	en
dc.subject.other	database	en
dc.subject.other	index method	en
dc.subject.other	instability	en
dc.subject.other	landslide	en
dc.subject.other	ranking	en
dc.subject.other	slope stability	en
dc.subject.other	statistical analysis	en
dc.subject.other	trigger mechanism	en
dc.subject.other	Eurasia	en
dc.subject.other	Europe	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Karditsa	en
dc.subject.other	Southern Europe	en
dc.subject.other	Thessaly	en
dc.title	An implementation of rock engineering system for ranking the instability potential of natural slopes in Greek territory. An application in Karditsa County	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1007/s10346-008-0117-4	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10346-008-0117-4	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2008	en
heal.abstract	This paper presents an application of rock engineering system (RES) in an attempt to reveal and assess the inherent instability potential of 388 sites where equivalent landslides have been manifested and recorded in the region of Karditsa County, Greece. The main objective has been defining the principal causative and triggering factors responsible for the manifestation of landslide phenomena, quantify their interactions, obtain their weighted coefficients, and calculate the instability index, which refers to the inherent potential instability of each natural slope of the examined region. From the statistical interpretation of the data reported in a well-documented database and concerning the examined failure sites, a clear correlation between the instability index and the area affected by a single landslide event has been revealed. Almost the entire failure sites, 98% of the examined slope sites, exhibit an instability index value over 55, a value which is thought to be a critical threshold for landslide manifestation concerning natural slopes in Karditsa County. It is argued that the presented RES methodology, engaging the selected set of parameters, could be considered as an effective expert's tool for ranking, in an objectively optimal and simple way, the instability potential of natural slopes in Karditsa County, and thus providing a tool for sound zoning landslide hazard. © 2008 Springer-Verlag.	en
heal.publisher	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG	en
heal.journalName	Landslides	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s10346-008-0117-4	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000258873000002	en
dc.identifier.volume	5	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	261	en
dc.identifier.epage	270	en