10Be and AMS Ages of the Gunsakot Landslide, Formative Age of the Gigantic Landslide Located in Eastern Mount-Foot of the Lantang Himal, Central Nepal
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Gunsakot landslide, Gigantic landslide, Cosmogenic dating, AMS dating, Deep seated landslideAbstract
Formative age of the Gunsakot Landslide, the gigantic landslide, of which volume is thought to be 1 km3 at least, was clarified by Cosmogenic and AMS dating. It is ca 2000 years ago.
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Yagi, H., Hayashi, K., Higaki, D., Tsou, C. Y., and Sato, G. (2018). Dormant landslides distributed in the upper course of Sun Kosi watershed and landslides induced by the Nepal Gorkha Earthquake 2015. Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 55(Special Issue), 61–67. https://doi.org/10.3126/jngs.v55i1.22790
Yagi, H., Matsushi, Y., and Matsuzaki, H. (2019, July). Scale and formative age of Gunsakot landslide located in central Nepal Himalayas: The largest class landslide in the world and its cosmogenic isotopic ¹⁰Be age. International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) 2019 Congress, Dublin, Ireland. Available at https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/574/program-app/submission/93714
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