Transient motion of the largest landslide on earth, modulated by hydrological forces

Abstract Sea-level rise of the Caspian Sea (CS) during the early Khvalynian (approximately 40–25 ka BP) generated hundreds of giant landslides along the sea’s ancient coastlines in western Kazakhstan, which extended hundreds of kilometers. Although similar landslides have been observed along the pre...

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Main Authors: Gökhan Aslan, Marcello De Michele, Daniel Raucoules, Severine Bernardie, Ziyadin Cakir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89899-6