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Impact of Structural Damage Zones on Slope Stability: A Case Study from Mandakini Valley, Uttarakhand State (India)

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We map structural damage zone along the Mandakini River from Sonparyag to Kund, Higher Himalaya. We present the relationship between structural damage zones and slope stability. Different kind of shear zone rocks/damage zone rocks; mylonitic gneiss, mylonitic augen gneiss, ultramylonite, protomylonite and phyllonite are present. A major tectonic structure: the Munsiari Thrust (MT) or Main Central Thrust-1 (MCT-1) passes near the Kund village and that thrust zone is more prone for landslides. Damage zone areas are more unstable and vulnerable for landslides. To confirm our field observation, slope kinematics analysis for type of failure and slope mass rating (SMR) are performed.

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Acknowledgements

Authors are very thankful to the Department of Geography, DSB Campus Kumaun University Nainital to provide the necessary facility for the research. Authors are also very thanking to the NRDMS, Department of Science and Technology to the financial assistance in the project no. NRDMS/06/11/015 (G) Dt. 11.08.2015 “Large Scale Geological-Geomorphological Mapping of Rudraprayag-Sonprayag Area, Mandakini valley National highway No.109. Reviewing and editorial handling by Soumyajit Mukherjee. This work is summarized in Mukherjee (2019). The Springer team is thanked for assistance in proofreading.

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    Mohit Kumar

  2. Department of Geography, Kumaun University, DSB Campus, Nainital, India

    Ramesh Chander Joshi

  3. Department of Geology, Kumaun University, Nainital, India

    Pitamber Dutt Pant

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Kumar, M., Joshi, R.C., Pant, P.D. (2019). Impact of Structural Damage Zones on Slope Stability: A Case Study from Mandakini Valley, Uttarakhand State (India). In: Mukherjee, S. (eds) Tectonics and Structural Geology: Indian Context. Springer Geology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99341-6_14

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