Articles | Volume 19, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-889-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-889-2019
Research article
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18 Apr 2019
Research article |  | 18 Apr 2019

Evaluating earthquake-induced rockfall hazard near the Dead Sea Transform

Mor Kanari, Oded Katz, Ram Weinberger, Naomi Porat, and Shmuel Marco

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We study rockfall hazard to a town in an earthquake-prone area, where large trailer-truck-sized boulders are scattered downslope above the town. Mapping boulder locations and sizes (in the field and in past aerial photos) and calculating their predicted trajectories downslope using computer simulation yielded a hazard map for rockfall impact. Hazard is reduced where slope angle is below 10°. Dating rockfalls coincides with past earthquakes and predicts probability for future rockfall.
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