Characterizing structural and lithologic controls on deep-seated landsliding: Implications for topographic relief and landscape evolution in the Oregon Coast Range, USA

摘要

In mountainous areas, landslides regulate temporal variations in sediment production and may suppress simple linkages between topographic development and tectonic forcing. Rates and mechanisms of mass wasting depend on lithology, bedrock structure, and climatic and tectonic setting. These factors tend to vary significantly in active tectonic regions, thus clouding our ability to predict how landsliding modulates topographic development over human and geological time scales.