Human Geosciences (H)
Session Sub-categoryDisaster geosciences (DS)
Session IDH-DS11
TitleGeohazards in humid, tectonically active countries and their precursors
Short TitleGeohazards
Main Convener NameSatoru Kojima
AffiliationDepartment of Civil Engineering, Gifu University
Co-Convener 1NameTaro Uchida
AffiliationUniversity of Tsukuba
Co-Convener 2NameYoshihiko Kariya
AffiliationDepartment of Environmental Geography, Senshu University
Session LanguageJ
ScopeThis session covers mass movements of landslide, slope failure, debris flow, and gravitational slope deformation in tectonically active, humid countries, and aims to discuss on their mechanisms, characteristics of occurrence sites, the significance in geological time scale, and the methodology to mitigate their affects by researchers with various related research fields.
Presentation FormatOral and Poster session
Joint with
Co-sponsoredJapan Society of Engineering Geology, Japanese Geomorphological Union , The Geological Society of Japan