Reservoir-induced landslides and risk control in Three Gorges Project on Yangtze River, China

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• 作者：Yueping Yin^aAuthor Vitae ; Bolin Huang^b ; ^{bolinhuang@aliyun.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Wenpei Wang^a ; Yunjie Wei^a ; Xiaohan Ma^c ; Fei Ma^d ; Changjun Zhao^e
• 关键词：Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) ; Reservoir-induced landslide ; Reactivation mechanism ; Impulsive wave generated by landslide ; Water level variation ; Risk control
• 刊名：Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：5
• 页码：577-595
• 全文大小：5072 K

文摘

The Three Gorges region in China was basically a geohazard-prone area prior to construction of the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR). After construction of the TGR, the water level was raised from 70 m to 175 m above sea level (ASL), and annual reservoir regulation has caused a 30-m water level difference after impoundment of the TGR since September 2008. This paper first presents the spatiotemporal distribution of landslides in six periods of 175 m ASL trial impoundments from 2008 to 2014. The results show that the number of landslides sharply decreased from 273 at the initial stage to less than ten at the second stage of impoundment. Based on this, the reservoir-induced landslides in the TGR region can be roughly classified into five failure patterns, i.e. accumulation landslide, dip-slope landslide, reversed bedding landslide, rockfall, and karst breccia landslide. The accumulation landslides and dip-slope landslides account for more than 90%. Taking the Shuping accumulation landslide (a sliding mass volume of 20.7 × 10⁶ m³) in Zigui County and the Outang dip-slope landslide (a sliding mass volume of about 90 × 10⁶ m³) in Fengjie County as two typical cases, the mechanisms of reactivation of the two landslides are analyzed. The monitoring data and factor of safety (FOS) calculation show that the accumulation landslide is dominated by water level variation in the reservoir as most part of the mass body is under 175 m ASL, and the dip-slope landslide is controlled by the coupling effect of reservoir water level variation and precipitation as an extensive recharge area of rainfall from the rear and the front mass is below 175 m ASL. The characteristics of landslide-induced impulsive wave hazards after and before reservoir impoundment are studied, and the probability of occurrence of a landslide-induced impulsive wave hazard has increased in the reservoir region. Simulation results of the Ganjingzi landslide in Wushan County indicate the strong relationship between landslide-induced surge and water variation with high potential risk to shipping and residential areas. Regarding reservoir regulation in TGR when using a single index, i.e. 1-d water level variation, water resources are not well utilized, and there is also potential risk of disasters since 2008. In addition, various indices such as 1-d, 5-d, and 10-d water level variations are proposed for reservoir regulation. Finally, taking reservoir-induced landslides in June 2015 for example, the feasibility of the optimizing indices of water level variations is verified.