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The Second Hans Cloos Lecture. Experience drawn from the great Ancona landslide of 1982

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I wish to thank the Ancona Town Council for the financial support given to carry on the investigation and for the trust given to my understanding of the sliding process under investigation. Particularly I wish to thank the senior officials Ing. G. Monti, Arch. G. Perti and Arch. M.E. Faraco for their kindness and assistance given during my research at Ancona. Furthermore, I wish to recall in the references all the many colleagues who contributed, both past and present, to the understanding of this remarkable landslide phenomenon and I apologise for any possible omissions. Finally I wish to thank the collaborators who helped me in the preparation of this lecture, M. Barbanente, F. & S. Cotecchia, A. J. Flint, L. Monterisi, A. Perrini, F. Santaloia, E. Scaletta, M. Semeraro, V. Simeone, M. Scuro, D. Tria.

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Cotecchia, V. The Second Hans Cloos Lecture. Experience drawn from the great Ancona landslide of 1982. Bull Eng Geol Environ 65, 1–41 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-005-0024-z

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