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Geoscience ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (05): 965-977.

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Study of Slow-moving Landslide Characteristics Based on the SBAS-InSAR in the Xianshuihe Fault Zone

LIU Xiaoyi1,2(), YANG Zhihua1,3(), GUO Changbao1,3, SHEN Wei2, SU Fangrui2   

  1. 1. Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
    2. School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083,China
    3. Key Laboratory of Neotectonic Movement and Geohazard, Ministry of Land and Resources, Beijing 100081, China
  • Received:2016-10-12 Revised:2017-05-10 Online:2017-10-10 Published:2017-11-06

Abstract:

Xianshuihe Fault is one of the most important boundary fault on the eastern Tibetan Plateau of Sichuan-Yunnan block, and it is strongly active since the Holocene. The rock-mass and soil-body structures are porous along the Xianshuihe Fault zone. Under the action of earthquake caused by the active fault and its slowly moving and heavy rainfalls, landslides and debris flows occur frequently and have caused serious harm in this area. On the basis of the previous studies, SBAS-InSAR (small baseline subset interferometric synthetic aperture radar) method is employed to analyze and calculate the activity rate of Daofu to Luhuo section in Xianshuihe Fault zone combined with fifteen PALSAR scene data acquired by ALOS-1 during 2007-2011. And the deformation characteristics of time series are also acquired about the creeping landslide occurring along Xianshuihe Fault in these five years. The results show that in recent years the creeping in Daofu to Luhuo section is the mainly active type for the fault, and the creeping rate is about (9.4±0.78) mm/a, and the creeping effect of the fault has an important influence on the occurrence of landslides in this area. While the distance from Xianshuihe Fault is closer, the coherence among images is stronger, and coherent points are more stable and the interference effect is better, thus the cumulative displacement of landslides is greater. Ninety-eight creeping landslides along Daofu to Luhuo section of Xianshuihe Fault are identified, linearly distributing along both sides of the fault; the surface deformation characteristics of the typical creep landslide is also analyzed. Based on SBAS-InSAR Radar Data Processing method, we can effectively analyze the slow deformation of the surface, and the changing and developing laws of these regional creeping landslides. This study plays a certain guiding role on the prevention and mitigation of geohazards along Xianshuihe Fault and in the other similar areas.

Key words: small baseline subsets, Xianshuihe Fault, creeping, landslide

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