Abstract
BackgroundAt the beginning of October 2021, the northwest China suffered torrential rainfall and several loess landslides were induced in Northwest China. This work presents a typical case (the Zhongzhai landslide) reactivated during this period in Niangniangba town, Tianshui, Gansu, China. The retrogressive failure was triggered again in the early morning of 5 October 2021 after a succession of torrential rain, and buried 2 houses and damaged another 2 houses. In this work, the geometric feature, soil composition, evolution history and failure process were preliminary described based on field investigation, history satellite images, and unmanned aerial vehicle photogrammetry.ResultsThe Zhongzhai landslide is mainly composed of Malan loess and the underlain silty slate, and the sliding surface is localized at their interface. The tensile cracks near the main scarp provide favorable channels for rainfall precipitation and the permeability difference between loess and silty slate enhances the liquefaction occurrence. The counter-tilt silty slate benefits water impoundment and exacerbates the flow-like slope failure. The lag effect is obvious in the Zhongzhai landslide due to the rainfall infiltration process and pore pressure generation.ConclusionsAlthough the Zhongzhai landslide is characterized with small scar and shallow sliding surface, it provides a classic case both for evolution history investigation of loess landslide and successful emergency evacuation. Based on our preliminary study, the unstable mass at the source of the Zhongzhai landslide with an area of approximately 3600 m2 that was slightly displaced in this event and has a high possibility to slide in future. Meanwhile, the Zhongzhai landslide is a retrogressive landslide and progressive failure occurred in the 2021 case, further analysis concerning the relationship among rainfall intensity, infiltration rate and pore water generation, as well as motion feature and runout prediction will be conducted.
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