Distribution and genetic types of loess landslides in China

• Published in: Journal of Asian earth sciences Vol. 170; pp. 329 - 350
• Main Authors: Peng, Jianbing, Wang, Shaokai, Wang, Qiyao, Zhuang, Jianqi, Huang, Weiliang, Zhu, Xinghua, Leng, Yanqiu, Ma, Penghui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2019
• Subjects: Distribution; Genetic types; Loess landslide; Loess Plateau; Loess landslide; Genetic types; Distribution; Loess Plateau

[Display omitted] •An inventory of 14,544 loess landslide cases was established.•Tectonics is the primary factor causing clustering of loess landslides on the Loess Plateau of China.•Loess landslides are classified into six genetic types. In this study, 14,544 loess landslides collected from the Loe...