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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2461-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2461-2021
Research article
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23 Aug 2021
Research article |  | 23 Aug 2021

Geographic-information-system-based topographic reconstruction and geomechanical modelling of the Köfels rockslide

Christian Zangerl, Annemarie Schneeberger, Georg Steiner, and Martin Mergili

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The Köfels rockslide in the Ötztal Valley (Austria) represents the largest known extremely rapid rockslide in metamorphic rock masses in the Alps and was formed in the early Holocene. Although many hypotheses for the conditioning and triggering factors were discussed in the past, until now no scientifically accepted explanatory model has been found. This study provides new data and numerical modelling results to better understand the cause and triggering factors of this gigantic natural event.
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