Human Activities that

Speed up or Trigger
Landslides
Group 6 Presentation
Objectives
+ To understand the different types of Landslides.

To identify the different human activities that can trigger

Landslides.
What is Landslide?

+ A landslide is a geological phenomenon

characterized by the movement of rock, soil,
and debris down a slope. This movement can
be rapid or slow and is often triggered by
various factors.
5 types of landslides
1. Falls

+ Landslides that involve the

collapses of material from a
cliff or steep slope.
2. Topples

A block of rock that tilts

+

or rotates.
3. Slides

+ Displacement of
material alone one or
more discrete shearing
surfaces.
2 types of Slide
1. Rotational Slides

+ If
the slip surface is listric (curved or
spoon-shaped) the slide is said to be
rotational. A good example of a rotational
landslide is the Holbeck Hall landslide, in
Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
The Holbeck Hall landslide, in Scarborough,
North Yorkshire.
2. Translational Slides
+A translational or planar landslide is a
downslope movement of material that occurs
along a distinctive planar surface of weakness
such as a fault, joint or bedding plane. Some
of the largest and most damaging landslides
on Earth are translational.
4. Spreads

Involve sudden horizontal

+

movements on very
gentle terrain.
5. Flows

+ lowsare landslides that involve the

movement of material down a slope in the
form of a fluid. Flows often leave behind a
distinctive, upside-down funnel shaped
deposit where the landslide material has
stopped moving.
Human activities that trigger landslides.
1. Mining

+ The extraction of valuable minerals or

other geological materials from the
earth. It uses explosives underground
which create mini-earthquakes that can
cause landslides.
2. Quarrying

+ An excavation or pit, usually open to

the air, from which building stone,
slate, or the like, is obtained by
blasting, etc. It also uses explosives
and which vibrantions causes
landslides and slopes.
3. Land Development

+ Changing of landscape from a natural or

semi-natural state for a purpose such as,
agricultural or housing which alters the
shape of a slope, or which imposes new
loads on an existing slope.
4. Land Pollution

+The degradation of earth's

land surface often caused by
human activities and it's
misuse.
5. Excavation

+ The process of moving earth, rock or

other materials with tools, equipment or
explosives for construction to create
building foundations, reservoirs and
roads.
6. Deforestation

+ Theremoval of a forest or stand of trees

from land which involves the conversion
of forest land to forms or economic
infrastructure use which destabilize the
already fragile slopes.