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Catastrophic emplacement of giant landslides aided by thermal decomposition: Heart Mountain, Wyoming (2014)
Journal Article
Mitchell, T. M., Smith, S., Anders, M., Di Toro, G., Nielsen, S., Cavallo, A., & Beard, A. (2015). Catastrophic emplacement of giant landslides aided by thermal decomposition: Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 411, 199-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.10.051

The Heart Mountain landslide of northwest Wyoming is the largest known sub-aerial landslide on Earth. During its emplacement more than 2000 km3 of Paleozoic sedimentary and Eocene volcanic rocks slid >45 km on a basal detachment surface dipping 2°, l... Read More about Catastrophic emplacement of giant landslides aided by thermal decomposition: Heart Mountain, Wyoming.

Effect of glass on the frictional behavior of basalts at seismic slip rates (2014)
Journal Article
Violay, M., Di Toro, G., Gibert, B., Nielsen, S., Spagnuolo, E., Del Gaudio, P., …Scarlato, P. (2014). Effect of glass on the frictional behavior of basalts at seismic slip rates. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(2), 348-355. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013gl058601

We performed 31 friction experiments on glassy basalts (GB) and glass-free basalts (GFB) at slip rates up to 6.5 m s−1 and normal stress up to 40 MPa (seismic conditions). Frictional weakening was associated to bulk frictional melting and lubrication... Read More about Effect of glass on the frictional behavior of basalts at seismic slip rates.