Is gravitational spreading a precursor for the Stífluhólar landslide (Skagafjörður, Northern Iceland)?

International audience In Iceland, the Late Weichselian deglaciation led to paraglacial topographic readjustments in the form of extensivedeep-seated gravitational slope deformation (DSGSD) and large rockslope failures (landslides and rock-avalanches).Here we provide age estimates for the Stí"...

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Published in:Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement
Main Authors: Coquin, Julien, Mercier, Denis, Bourgeois, Olivier, Feuillet, Thierry, Decaulne, Armelle
Other Authors: Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique (LETG - Nantes), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement Régional de l'Université de Nantes (IGARUN), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN), Espaces, Nature et Culture (ENeC), Université Paris-Sorbonne (UP4)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique UMR 6112 (LPG), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Dynamiques Sociales et Recomposition des Espaces (LADYSS), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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author Coquin, Julien
Mercier, Denis
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Feuillet, Thierry
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Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE)
Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement Régional de l'Université de Nantes (IGARUN)
Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)
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Université Paris-Sorbonne (UP4)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique UMR 6112 (LPG)
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Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Laboratoire Dynamiques Sociales et Recomposition des Espaces (LADYSS)
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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description International audience In Iceland, the Late Weichselian deglaciation led to paraglacial topographic readjustments in the form of extensivedeep-seated gravitational slope deformation (DSGSD) and large rockslope failures (landslides and rock-avalanches).Here we provide age estimates for the Stí" uhólar landslide (Tröllaskagi Peninsula, Northern Central Iceland),which indicate that this occurred between the end of the Late Weichselian deglaciation (15-13 ka cal. yr. BP) and8200 ± 1400 cal. yr. BP. Our surface observations also suggest that the Stífluhólar landslide was probably initiatedby propagation and connection of DSGSD failure planes. This observation suggests that the DSGSD can act as aprecursor for landsliding in paraglacial settings. However, further investigations are still required to fully assess therole of DSGSD as a landslide precursor, both at the local and at a regional scale. Comparisons with other examplesof paraglacial rock slope failures in Northern Iceland and in the world suggest that DSGSD is not the main orsuficient precondition for large landslides. The landslide of Stífluhólar occurred due to some combination offavorable preconditioning, predisposing and triggering controls. Predisposing controls include: the favourable dipof the bedding planes in the basaltic bedrock and the presence of intercalated poorly cohesive layers of palagonitebetween the lava layers, probably acting as basal sliding planes for the landslide.
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spelling ftuparislumieres:oai:HAL:hal-01318136v1 2025-01-16T22:30:50+00:00 Is gravitational spreading a precursor for the Stífluhólar landslide (Skagafjörður, Northern Iceland)? Coquin, Julien Mercier, Denis Bourgeois, Olivier Feuillet, Thierry Decaulne, Armelle Littoral, Environnement, Télédétection, Géomatique (LETG - Nantes) Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN) Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement Régional de l'Université de Nantes (IGARUN) Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN) Espaces, Nature et Culture (ENeC) Université Paris-Sorbonne (UP4)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique UMR 6112 (LPG) Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques (UN UFR ST) Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Laboratoire Dynamiques Sociales et Recomposition des Espaces (LADYSS) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2016 https://hal.science/hal-01318136 https://doi.org/10.4000/geomorphologie.11295 en eng HAL CCSD Groupe français de géomorphologie (GFG) / Société d'Études pour le Développement Économique et Social (Sedes) info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.4000/geomorphologie.11295 doi:10.4000/geomorphologie.11295 ISSN: 1266-5304 EISSN: 1957-777X Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement https://hal.science/hal-01318136 Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement, 2016, 22 (1), pp.9-24. ⟨10.4000/geomorphologie.11295⟩ Geomorphology Iceland Landslide Holocene Paraglacial [SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2016 ftuparislumieres https://doi.org/10.4000/geomorphologie.11295 2024-12-09T01:03:56Z International audience In Iceland, the Late Weichselian deglaciation led to paraglacial topographic readjustments in the form of extensivedeep-seated gravitational slope deformation (DSGSD) and large rockslope failures (landslides and rock-avalanches).Here we provide age estimates for the Stí" uhólar landslide (Tröllaskagi Peninsula, Northern Central Iceland),which indicate that this occurred between the end of the Late Weichselian deglaciation (15-13 ka cal. yr. BP) and8200 ± 1400 cal. yr. BP. Our surface observations also suggest that the Stífluhólar landslide was probably initiatedby propagation and connection of DSGSD failure planes. This observation suggests that the DSGSD can act as aprecursor for landsliding in paraglacial settings. However, further investigations are still required to fully assess therole of DSGSD as a landslide precursor, both at the local and at a regional scale. Comparisons with other examplesof paraglacial rock slope failures in Northern Iceland and in the world suggest that DSGSD is not the main orsuficient precondition for large landslides. The landslide of Stífluhólar occurred due to some combination offavorable preconditioning, predisposing and triggering controls. Predisposing controls include: the favourable dipof the bedding planes in the basaltic bedrock and the presence of intercalated poorly cohesive layers of palagonitebetween the lava layers, probably acting as basal sliding planes for the landslide. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Université Paris Lumières: HAL Skagafjörður ENVELOPE(-19.561,-19.561,65.875,65.875) Géomorphologie : relief, processus, environnement 22 1 9 24
spellingShingle Geomorphology
Iceland
Landslide
Holocene
Paraglacial
[SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography
Coquin, Julien
Mercier, Denis
Bourgeois, Olivier
Feuillet, Thierry
Decaulne, Armelle
Is gravitational spreading a precursor for the Stífluhólar landslide (Skagafjörður, Northern Iceland)?
title Is gravitational spreading a precursor for the Stífluhólar landslide (Skagafjörður, Northern Iceland)?
title_full Is gravitational spreading a precursor for the Stífluhólar landslide (Skagafjörður, Northern Iceland)?
title_fullStr Is gravitational spreading a precursor for the Stífluhólar landslide (Skagafjörður, Northern Iceland)?
title_full_unstemmed Is gravitational spreading a precursor for the Stífluhólar landslide (Skagafjörður, Northern Iceland)?
title_short Is gravitational spreading a precursor for the Stífluhólar landslide (Skagafjörður, Northern Iceland)?
title_sort is gravitational spreading a precursor for the stífluhólar landslide (skagafjörður, northern iceland)?
topic Geomorphology
Iceland
Landslide
Holocene
Paraglacial
[SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography
topic_facet Geomorphology
Iceland
Landslide
Holocene
Paraglacial
[SHS.GEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Geography
url https://hal.science/hal-01318136
https://doi.org/10.4000/geomorphologie.11295