Prerequisits:

Second-cycle Bologna degree in the relevant track or a university (level VII) degree.

Content (Syllabus outline):

• Basic terms: classification, occurrence, causes, preparatory and triggering factors
• Landslides in Slovenia: historical overview of the most important events
• Palaeolandslides: stratigraphical and geomorphological record of prehistoric mass movements
• Mechanical and petrophysical properties of rocks, their sequence and their susceptibility to and influence on landslides
• Preparation and collection of data in the field and its visualization in a GIS environment
• Processing, analysis and modelling of spatial landslide data
• Geological data for hazard assessment: conception, input data, models, validation, applicability
• Landslide early warning: Conceptualization, input data, models, validation, applicability
• Research and monitoring techniques: mapping, geotechnics, hydrology, geophysics, geodesy, remote sensing
• Management: prevention, remediation measures, landslide register
• Environmental impact: Infrastructure, forests, agricultural land, urban areas
• Impact of groundwater on the occurrence and dynamics of landslides: hydrogeological field measurements and interpretation of measurements
• Underground transport of contaminants: Concept of contaminant transport in the unsaturated and saturated zones of aquifers, tools for modelling contaminant transport
• Groundwater flooding: the role of groundwater in flooding, observation and interpretation of hydrogeological data

Readings:

Selected chapters from books and papers:

• Bobrowsky PT, Marker B (eds) (2018) Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology. Springer, Cham, pp 978–284
• Clague, J. J. and Stead, D. 2012: Landslides. Types, Mechanisms and Modeling. Cambridge University Press, 436 p.
• Glade, Thomas, Malcolm Anderson, and Michael J. Crozier. 2005. Landslide Hazard and Risk. Wiley & Sons, book, p. 810
• Highland, L. M., & Bobrowsky, P. (2008). The landslide Handbook – A guide to understanding landslides. US Geological Survey Circular, (1325), 1–147.
• Hungr, O., Leroueil, S. & Picarelli, L. (2014) The Varnes classification of landslide types, an update. Landslides 11, 167–194. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-013-0436-y
• Janža M., Serianz L., Šram D., Klasinc M. (2018). Hydrogeological investigation of landslides Urbas and Čikla above the settlement of Koroška Bela (NW Slovenia). Geologija; 61: 191-203. DOI: 10.5474/geologija.2018.013
• Jemec Auflič, M.., Herrera, G., Mateos, R.M., Peternel, T. et al. Landslide monitoring techniques in the Geological Surveys of Europe. Landslides 20, 951–965 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-022-02007-1
• Skaberne, D. (2001). Proposal of the Slovene terminology on slope movements – slope transport. Geologija, 44(1), 89–100. https://doi.org/10.5474/geologija.2001.006

Objectives and competences:

• Recognition of landslides in the field, understanding of their causes, dynamics and consequences
• Engineering geological investigation of landslides and visualisation in a GIS environment
• Evaluation of the results and hazard assessment
• Knowledge of data sources and methods for landslide hazard assessment
• Ability to identify the different types of landslides in a given area and assess potential geological hazards

Intended learning outcomes:

• Acquired specialist terminology
• Ability to apply the acquired knowledge in a practical example
• Analysis of a selected area
• Independent work in class and in practise
• Seminar paper

Learning and teaching methods:

• Lectures
• Lab work/tutorials
• Field work
• Seminar
• Independent work assignments
• Consultations
• e-Learning

Assessment:

• Written seminar paper and defence 100 %