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Geoscience ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (05): 978-989.

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Development Characteristics and Formation Mechanism of Chashushan Landslide in Batang, Western Sichuan

REN Sanshao1,2(), GUO Changbao2,3(), ZHANG Yongshuang2,3, ZHOU Nengjuan2, DU Guoliang2,3   

  1. 1. China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China
    2. Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100081, 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:

Chashushan landslide is located in the intersection of Batang fault and Jinshajiang fault. With the complex geological structure and intense neotectonic movement, large landslides occur frequently in this area. Chashushan landslide originates from ancient landslide mass. The sliding deformation of the landslide first appeared in July of 2001, followed by creep deformation. Deformation velocity of the landslide was accelerating continuously because of deformation. Then a lot of distortion evidences appeared in the landslide mass. Finally, the landslide occured severely sliding on January 7,2006. The landslide is in unstable condition, and the deformation and failure of the landslide are obvious, and it is potential that the deformation and failure will last. Through field investigation, large-scale direct shear tests on slipping soils were carried out, then the shear strength was obtained under the condition of different water contents, which revealed the cohesion and internal friction angle decreased with the increase of water content. In this paper, based on the analysis of field geolo-gical survey, geophysical prospecting, drilling, and large-scale direct shear tests, the authors consider that the formation mechanism of Chashushan landslide is complicated: rocks affected by the fault structure have the intensive development of rock mass structures and poor mechanical properties of rock and soil masses; the stratum system of landslide has a hydrogeologic structure of groundwater rich in the upper and poor in the lower, which is very vulnerable to landslide disasters. The stability of the landslide body is in critical condition due to heavy rainfall. Canal water infiltration influence of freezing-thawing action induced the occurrence of landslide. FLAC3D was used to simulate the stability of the landslide body. Results indicate that the landslide body has obvious signs of deformation under heavy rainfall and has formed intact slip surface, and the landslide is likely to occur again. Taking into account the formation mechanism of the landslide, it is effective for controlling the stability of the landslide body to strengthen the drainage and to avoid infiltration of the canal water.

Key words: Chashushan landslide, Batang fault, large-scale direct shear test, numerical simulation, formation mechanism

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