@article{10902/36340,
year = {2025},
month = {7},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10902/36340},
abstract = {In this study, we provide a comprehensive review focused on the NW of the Iberian Peninsula identifying a great amount of research works, including 85 empirical rainfall thresholds for the triggering of landslides, some unpublished to date. While the compiled works provide valuable descriptive insights, the thresholds currently have limited predictive capability. The variety of data and approaches used by different authors complicates the comparison of the results and hinders the development of a global understanding of the study area. However, the statistical comparison of four critical accumulated precipitation-duration datasets for the triggering of landslide events from Gipuzkoa, Cantabria, and Asturias in Spain and the N of Portugal highlights a notable similarity in the critical conditions for rainfall-triggered landslides with durations in the range of 3-12 days. Despite the variety of statistical approaches applied, the unexpected similarity aligns with the homogeneous climatic and orographic characteristics across NW Iberia.},
organization = {Part of this research has been funded by (1) RETROCLIFF project, call 2021 for Knowledge Generation Projects founded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, the Spanish Research Agency (AEI), and the European Regional Development Found (ERDF) [Ref. MCIU-22-PID2021- 122472NB-100], (2) GEOCANTABRICAE project, co-funded by the Foundation for the Promotion of Applied Scientific Research and Technology (FICYT), by the Government of the Principality of Asturias, by the European Union, and by the European Regional Development Found (ERDF) [Ref. SV-PA-21-AYUD/2021/51766], and (3) PAR project “Caracterización de materiales, formas y procesos recientes para mejorar la gestión de los recursos y riesgos geológicos”, University of Cantabria [Ref. 29.P209.64004].},
publisher = {Elsevier},
publisher = {Catena, 2025, 255, 108983},
title = {Empirical rainfall thresholds for the triggering of landslides in the NW of the Iberian Peninsula: A state of the art},
author = {Valenzuela, Pablo and Domínguez Cuesta, María José and Pereira, Susana and Remondo Tejerina, Juan and Bornaetxea Estela, Txomin and Vaz, Teresa and Rivas Mantecón, María Victoria and Bonachea Pico, Jaime and González Díez, Alberto and San Millán, Eliezer and Bateira, Carlos and Zêzere, José Luís},
}