5/15/2012

The Puigcercós landslide (Pyrenees, upper mantle)

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This sliding movement is too recent (January in 1881) and hit the old town of Puigcercós (Tremp, Lleida), now abandoned. It is an excellent example of moving mass-transfer complex with rotation and flow. Worth noting its dimensions, and the excellent level of preservation of the typical forms (scar coronation to 200 m, rotating platform and frontal lobe). It is a magnificent example to illustrate how the concepts of hazard, vulnerability and geological risk.
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