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Fig. 4.3 Forces caused by water in vertical cracks ........................................................................ 25Fig. 4.4 Effect <strong>of</strong> water seepage in granular soils .......................................................................... 25Fig. 4.5 Number <strong>of</strong> peat slides per month (based on Alexander et al., 1985) ................................. 28Fig. 4.6 Rainfall data for Dromahair, Co. Leitrim (based on Alexander et al., 1985) ........................ 29Fig. 5.1 Example <strong>of</strong> qualitative risk matrix (after Lee and Jones, 2004) .......................................... 34Fig. 5.2 The concept <strong>of</strong> overlay analysis in GIS ............................................................................. 36Fig. 5.3 Model schematic for first susceptibility map ..................................................................... 40Fig. 5.4 Slope and Peat inputs <strong>to</strong> first run <strong>of</strong> susceptibility map .................................................... 41Fig. 5.5 Peat and peaty podzols from NSS Soil map <strong>of</strong> West Mayo and peat land cover types ..... 42Fig. 5.6 Results <strong>of</strong> both susceptibility runs. Susceptible areas shown in red ................................. 43Fig. 5.7 Model schematic for second susceptibility map ............................................................... 44Fig. 5.8 Final susceptibility map and recorded landslide events .................................................... 45Fig. 5.9 Proportions <strong>of</strong> susceptibility by three approaches ............................................................ 45Fig. 5.10 Breifne Area outlined in red. Location <strong>of</strong> areas where landslide mapping hasbeen focused in purple ..................................................................................................... 47Fig. 5.11 Satellite image and aerial pho<strong>to</strong>graph <strong>of</strong> the same area.................................................... 49Fig. 5.12 Landslide susceptibility mapping methodology ................................................................. 50Fig. 5.13 Percentage <strong>of</strong> Landslides by bedrock type ....................................................................... 54Fig. 5.14 Percentage <strong>of</strong> Landslides by soil parent material type ...................................................... 55Fig.5.15 Percentage <strong>of</strong> Landslides by land cover type .................................................................... 55Fig 5.16 Percentage <strong>of</strong> Landslides by slope gradient ..................................................................... 55Fig. 5.17 Percentage <strong>of</strong> Landslides by aspect range ....................................................................... 56Fig. 5.18 Percentage <strong>of</strong> Landslides by elevation range .................................................................... 56Fig. 7.1 Principal Areas <strong>of</strong> Landslide Around the Basalt Plateau (Counties Antrim & Londonderry) 72Fig. 7.2 Generalised Landslip Model, Co. Antrim ........................................................................... 73Fig. 7.3 Mudflow and Rockfall Localities on the east Antrim coast (after Prior et al., 1971) ............ 75Fig. 8.1 Map <strong>of</strong> locality showing source <strong>of</strong> flow and stream sections, a bog flow atStraduff Townland, Co. Sligo (Alexander et al., 1986)........................................................ 79Fig. 8.2 (a) Location <strong>of</strong> the study site at Cuilcagh. (b) Location <strong>of</strong> the peat slide onCuilcagh Mountain (Dykes and Kirk, 2001)....................................................................... 80Fig. 8.3 GPR pr<strong>of</strong>ile along a survey line above the scar that is located <strong>to</strong> the south <strong>of</strong> the survey .. 82Fig. 8.4 Landsat image draped over DEM used in relic bog burst detection ................................... 83Fig. 8.5 Peat slide in Co. Wicklow ................................................................................................ 84Fig. 8.6 Locations <strong>of</strong> known landslides in <strong>Ireland</strong> ........................................................................... 85Fig. 8.7 <strong>Ireland</strong>’s Offshore Area and a large-scale failure on the Rockall Bank ............................... 86

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