Natural and induced slope instability associated with large mass movements during the Pleistocene-Holocene in the Serra dos Ancares (NW of the Iberian Peninsula)

• Published in: Anales de Geografía de la Universidad Complutense
• Main Authors: Valcarcel, Marcos, Vázquez-Rodríguez, Alexandre Luis, Pontevedra-Pombal, Xabier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Ediciones Complutense 2022
• Subjects: Ancares Range; Landslide; Morphometric analysis; Roman minery; mires; Sierra de Ancares; Movimiento en masa; Análisis morfométrico; Minería romana; SIG; turberas; Glissement de terrain; Analyse morphométrique; Exploitation minière romaine; tourbières; Corto; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Online Access: https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/AGUC/article/view/81806

The Serra dos Ancares is a natural area affected with steep slopes by quaternary glacial processes. The presence of up to 28 landslides has been detected on these slopes in the entire sector studied. The existing landslides had been considered mostly of natural origin, but the data collected indicat...