Land slides

Landslides are a georisk observed worldwide, which – forced by climatic change, man-made erosion, land consumption, and population growth – leads to increasing social impact.

Detailed prognoses for stability and volumes of potential slide masses and accurately timed, foresighted application of saveguards requires novel investigation methods. In this context the analysis of the shear stiffness within and around a slide volume is of significant importance. To this end, we are involved in risk analysis by the improvement of shear-wave investigation methods

Beside common regions such as mountains that are often associated with land slides, costal regions and shore areas of lakes are also shear-wave investigation targets for stiffness analysis, both onshore and offshore.

This work is still in an early stage of development. Current investigation areas are in the Austrian Alps and in the Norwegian Caledonides.