Macroscopic failure of rock

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Table of contents

1 Preamble 
1.1 From geological time scales to the seismic cycle time scale
1.2 Why do we care about short-term interactions between tectonics and erosion ?
1.2.1 Co-seismic landslides represent a major hazard for populations
1.2.2 Earthquakes and coseismic erosion shape the landscape
1.2.3 Surface processes can trigger seismicity at human-life time scales
2 Introduction 
2.1 Earthquake and landslide mechanics
2.1.1 Rock strength and brittle failure
2.1.2 Earthquake mechanics
2.1.3 Landslide mechanics
2.2 Interactions between surface processes and earthquakes at short time scale (< 1000 years) . .
2.2.1 Landscape response to earthquakes
2.2.2 Seismic cycle response to surface processes
2.3 Earthquake and landslide sizes
2.3.1 Observations
2.3.2 Physical meaning of power-law distribution and b-value variations
2.3.3 Upper and lower limits to rupture size
3 Modelling landslide size distribution 
3.1 Overview
3.2 Coulomb mechanics and relief constraints explains landslide size distribution
3.2.1 Introduction
3.2.2 Methods
3.2.3 Results
3.2.4 Discussion and concluding remarks
3.3 Supplementary material
3.4 General discussion
3.4.1 What is landscape strength ?
3.4.2 Consequences for landsliding volumes
4 How hillslope shape controls landslide size
4.1 Overview
4.2 Impact of finite hillslope geometry on large landslide probability
4.2.1 Introduction
4.2.2 Methods
4.2.3 Results
4.2.4 Discussion and concluding remarks
4.3 Supplementary material
4.4 General discussion
4.4.1 Linking model and landslide data
4.4.2 Implications for large landslide hazard in seismically active regions
5 Modelling the response of active faults to large erosional events 
5.1 Overview
5.2 General presentation of the methods
5.2.1 Presentation of the two numerical models
5.2.2 How to model earthquakes of different sizes ?
5.3 Modelling fault response to large erosional events
5.3.1 Introduction
5.3.2 Methods
5.3.3 Discussion and concluding remarks
5.4 Supplementary material
5.5 Comparison of homogeneous and heterogeneous fault response
5.6 Perspective – modelling a fault network under normal stress change
6 Discussion 
6.1 Main results
6.2 Rupture processes during the seismic cycle
6.2.1 Size of rupture events
6.2.2 Implications for interaction between landslides and earthquakes at short time-scales .
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