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Table 7.2 Loss of human lives due to landslides
Year
Place
Fatalities
1499
Kienholz, Switzerland
400
1515
Blenio Valley, Switzerland
600
1556
Shaanxi Province, China
830 000
1569
Hofgastein and Shwaz, Austria
287
1584
Yvorne, Rhone Valley, France
328
1618
Mont Conto, Switzerland
2430
1669
Salzburg, Austria
250
1741
Pennsylvania
22
1806
Goldau, Switzerland
457
1814
Boite Valley, Italy
300
1843
Mount Ida, Troy, New York
15
1881
Elm, Switzerland
115
1892
St. Gevais, France
177
1893
Trondheim, Norway
111
1903
Frank, Alberta, Canada
70
1920
Shaanxi Province, China
200 000
1936
Nordfjord, Norway
73
1938
Kobe, Japan
505
1945
Kure, Japan
1154
1958
Shizuoka, Japan
1094
1959
Hebgen Lake, Montana
28
1962
Nevados Huascaran, Peru
4000
1963
Vaiont, Italy
3000
1964
Anchorage, Alaska
114
1966
Aberfan, Wales
144
1966--67
Rio de Janeiro area, Brazil
2700
1969
Nelson Co, Virginia
150
1970
Nevados Huscaran, Peru
70 000
1971
St. Jean-Vianney, Quebec
31
1985
Mameyes, Puerto Rico
129
1998
Campania, Italy
180
or where they have altered the landscape, such as in the formation of lakes and
deranged drainage patterns, and where they have provided new surfaces upon
which vegetation, including lichens, can grow.
Lichenometry
Rock falls and other forms of landslide create deposits with fresh rock
faces or surfaces. Lichenometry involves the determination of the age of lichens
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