Sentence examples for large landslides from inspiring English sources
Outside urban areas, its primary effect was to trigger large landslides that blocked transportation arteries, including the main highway and rail line along the northeast coast of the South Island.
Meanwhile, at the other end of the weather spectrum, downpours have led to tragedy in Alaska; in Sitka, in the south-east, more than 60mm of rain fell Tuesday morning in just six hours, triggering large landslides, causing logs, mud and debris to pour down the hillside and damage homes.
Three large landslides have occurred in the area since Christmas.
"People rarely see large landslides happen; they typically only see the aftereffects," Ekström notes.
Multilayered materials with depth-dependent strength show a limitation for both small and large landslides.
It is thought that some disturbance, such as a large landslide into the lake, could have triggered the outburst of gas, creating an effervescence that stirred the lake and started the degassing.
That lake formed, the researchers contend, when a large landslide blocked the river.
Monitoring the activity of such a large landslide is hence critical.
Numerous large landslide deposits occur in the Tien Shan, a tectonically active intraplate orogen in Central Asia.
A large landslide, ca. 15,000 18,000 14C BP, dammed the valley and led to formation of Two-Yurts lake.
