Landslides, sandpiles, and self-organized criticality
Power-law distributions of landslides and rockfalls observed under various conditions suggest a relationship of mass movements to self-organized criticality (SOC). The exponents of the distributions show a considerable variability, but neither a unique correlation to the geological or climatic s...
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| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2003-01-01
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| Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/3/505/2003/nhess-3-505-2003.pdf |