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Rockfall detachment susceptibility map in El Hierro Island, Canary Islands, Spain

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  • Marta Fernandez-Hernández
  • Carlos Paredes
  • Ricardo Castedo
  • Miguel Llorente
  • Rogelio la Vega-Panizo

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A semi-quantitative heuristic methodology is developed to map a rockfall detachment susceptibility zonation of El Hierro Island (Canary Archipelago). The rationalized procedure, which we called non-weighted bounded indicators, is based on overlapping thematic maps of conditioning factors to mass movement, which are appropriately and individually rescaled and then composed by addition to obtain a susceptibility numerical index through a GIS. As the consistency of the geomorphological analysis depends on the expert subjective criteria and the appropriate interpretation of the landscape, the use of this methodology reduces subjectivity and quantifies the degree of susceptibility. The main factors affecting the mass movement phenomena (rockfalls events), also recognized in the field and, therefore, considered in the presented GIS arrangement, are slope, profile curvature, lithology, vegetation cover and dykes density. To calculate the slope threshold or minimum angle characteristic of rockfall source areas, mixed Gaussian slope frequency decomposition is used. The curvature index reveals stepwise areas. Qualitative geomechanical characteristics are linked to a quantitative index according to a volcanic lithological-complexes classification. Both destabilization (root-wedging) and stabilization effects are considered into the vegetation cover index. The dyke density index incorporates the bearing rock capacity decrease produced in the halo around a dyke network intrusion. Slope, curvature and vegetation indexes thresholds have been fitted following field observations. A rockfall detachment susceptibility map is obtained and classified based on the histogram maxima. The rockfall inventory, based on rockfall events reported within the island, was used for the model validation. A 12 % of the whole island shows medium to very high susceptibility. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012

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  • Marta Fernandez-Hernández & Carlos Paredes & Ricardo Castedo & Miguel Llorente & Rogelio la Vega-Panizo, 2012. "Rockfall detachment susceptibility map in El Hierro Island, Canary Islands, Spain," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 64(2), pages 1247-1271, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:64:y:2012:i:2:p:1247-1271
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0295-1
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