Landslide signs and landuse

Landslides leave distinct signs (“geometric signature”, Pike 1988) in our landscape. However, on intensively cultivated agricultural areas these signs disappear rather quickly. The pictures below taken in South Tyrol near Kaltern this year show a repaired shallow landslide scar. Next year there might be no sign anymore…

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