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Landslides Caused Deforestation
intensify in the upcoming decades, which is in accord with the consensus of the wider
climate research community (e.g., Groisman et al. 2004, Karl and Trenberth 2003). In
actuality, the total rainfall amount also increases, indicating that the primary mechanism
may be the increase in atmospheric vapor concentration, as described by O’Gorman and
Schneider (2009).
Fig. 8. Creeping speed for January 2012, within a vertical cross-section (along the red arrow
in Fig. 4) under climate mean soil moisture conditions. The top panel is displayed in
physical space (vertical axis is elevation; horizontal axis is distance from the origin). The
bottom panel is displayed in the σ terrain-following coordinate system. So σ = 0 corresponds
to the surface and σ = 1 corresponds to the bottom of the sliding mass. The color shading is
the magnitude of the full 3-D velocity. In panel (b) maximum cores (roughly at the σ = 0.8
level) corresponding to the “creamy” basal sliding layer.
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