Landslide Mechanisms and Forecasting Active

When and where will landslides happen? How far will they go, how big and how fast will they be?  

These questions are difficult to answer because many factors contribute to landslide occurrence, magnitude, and mobility; some factors remain unknown, while nearly all are very difficult to quantify and account for. Researchers use surface, subsurface, remote sensing, and laboratory observations along with mathematical analyses to improve models aimed at answering these simple yet critical questions.