Table 1 Summary of landslide classification systems.
From: Failure mechanism of TRSS mode in landslides induced by earthquake
Provider | Application | Material | Movement | Instability Mechanism | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coates and Gyenge15 | General | ○ | Classification of slope failures by mechanisms | ||
Varnes7 | General | ○ | ○ | ○ | The most commonly adopted systems |
Keefers2 | Earthquake | ○ | ○ | Based on the principles and terminology of Varnes | |
Hutchinson8 | General | ○ | ○ | ○ | Geology and hydrogeology environments are considered |
EPOCH9 | General | ○ | ○ | Simple and suitable for European condition | |
Dikau10 | General | ○ | ○ | Compatible with Hutchinson (1988) and EPOCH (1993) | |
Khazai and Sitar16 | Earthquake (Chi-Chi) | ○ | ○ | The landslides triggered by the Chi-Chi earthquake are classified within four broad categories | |
Huang13 | Earthquake (Wenchuan) | ○ | ○ | The main types were divided in terms of the failure mechanism and dynamic features | |
Dai et al.14 | Earthquake (Wenchuan) | ○ | ○ | Four broad categories considering depth of landslides and failure modes | |
Xu et al.17 | Earthquake (Wenchuan) | ○ | ○ | Genetic modes of landslides were established through surveying the deformation features |
