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The Xintan landslide occurred on June 12, 1985 on the left bank of the Yangtze River, 27 km upstream from the Three-Gorge Dam. It has a large volume of about 20 million m3 and totally destroyed the Xintan Town. Detailed geological investigation has been conducted since 1968, and a precise monitoring system was established in 1977, so that the early warning was issued before the 1985 event. In this chapter, the geological condition, monitoring data of the landslide deformation used for early warning are presented, with an analysis of the mechanism of the large-scale landslide.
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Xue, G. (2009). A Study of the 1985 Xintan Landslide in Xiling Gorge, Three Gorges Area, China. In: Wang, F., Li, T. (eds) Landslide Disaster Mitigation in Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00132-1_17
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