© Author(s) 2010. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Abstract. The Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean are highly susceptible to landslides. Following recent landslide incidents, Jarðfeingi (Faroese Earth and Energy Directorate) has pointed out, that the risk of human lives or of property being lost or affected by landslides may be increasing. T...
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| Summary: | Abstract. The Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean are highly susceptible to landslides. Following recent landslide incidents, Jarðfeingi (Faroese Earth and Energy Directorate) has pointed out, that the risk of human lives or of property being lost or affected by landslides may be increasing. This paper aims at presenting and testing a simple qualitative ap-proach for mapping regional landslide susceptibility in the Faroe Islands, using few key parameters. The susceptibility model holds information about both landslide initiation areas and runout zones. Landslide initiation areas are determined from slope angle thresholds (25◦–40◦) and soil cover data, while runout zones are delineated using the angle of reach ap-proach taking into account the presence/absence of geolog-ical benches in the runout path, which has not been consid-ered in earlier studies. Data input is obtained from a landslide |
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