Irrigation Worsened Earthquake-Triggered Landslides (IMAGE)

Nanyang Technological University

Irrigation Worsened Earthquake-Triggered Landslides

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Heavily irrigated rice padi fields artificially raised the water table to almost ground level, worsening the 2018 earthquake-triggered landslides in Palu, Indonesia.

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Gilles Brocard/University of Sydney

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