Stability of Huangtupo Riverside Slumping Mass Ⅱ# under Water Level Fluctuation of Three Gorges Reservoir

After the normal operation of the Three Gorges Reservoir,the water level of the reser-voir will fluctuate periodically.Water level fluctuation will soften the rock and soil on the banks,induce underground water fluctuation and decrease the shear strength of rock soil on the banks,and in turn affect the landslide stability.The Huangtupo（黄土坡） landslide is a typical large and complex landslide in the Three Gorges Reservoir region.In particular,the stability of its riverside slumping mass has a great stake.On the basis of the analysis of engineering geological condition and formation mechanism of the Huangtupo landslide,the authors established the 2D finite element model of riverside slumping mass II# and selected proper mechanical parameters of the rock.With the GeoStudio software,ac-cording to the reservoir running curve,the simulation on coupling effect of seepage field and stress field was conducted in 7 different modes in a year.The results showed that：① Huangtupo landslide is a large and complex landslide composed of multiple slumping masses,which occurred at different phases.Before reservoir impoundment,it was stable;② it is quite difficult for riverside slumping mass I# and II# to slide as a whole;③ the stability coefficient of riverside slumping mass II# changes with the res-ervoir water level fluctuations.The minimum stability coefficient occurs 48 days after the water level starts to fall and the moment when the water level falls by 11.9 m.Landslide monitoring result is con-sistent with the numerical simulation result,which shows that although the reservoir water level fluc-tuation will affect the foreside stability of the landslide and induce gradual damage,the riverside slumping mass II# is stable as a whole.

Slumping in the Upper Jurassic Baisakhi Formation of the Jaisalmer Basin, western India: Sign of synsedimentary tectonics?

A spectacularly exposed slump is described from a 120-m-long road cut between the villages of Kanod and Deva in the northeastern Jaisalmer Basin of Rajasthan,India.The Upper Jurassic part of the sediments at the outcrop was formed in a near-shore setting and belongs to the Ludharwa Member of the Baisakhi Formation.The 3-m-thick unit shows a number of asymmetric folds and thrust faults leading to an imbrication of partly lithified sandstone beds.The deformation structures allow the reconstruction of a movement towards the northwest.This agrees well with the basin configuration that shows a deepening into this direction.Although the determination of a specific trigger mechanism is difficult for soft-sediment deformation structures,an earthquake caused by synsedimentary tectonics in the basin seems to be the most likely explanation.