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For landslide susceptibility assessment, lithology information is often extrapolated from official geological maps, which do not allow a direct spatial transformation into a detailed lithological map. To overcome this limitation, a study was made for the Grande da Pipa River basin, Portugal, to detail the existing geological maps, keeping the units’ age sequence but separating the main lithological types. In addition, it explored supplementary cartographic information (e.g., slope angle) to infer the boundaries of lithological units using differential erosion and associated morphological interpretation criteria. Finally, the lithological map produced was compared with the official geological map using sensitive analysis and different partitions of a historical landslide inventory. The results consistently record improved predictive capacity for landslide susceptibility if more detailed lithological maps are used instead of the commonly available geological maps.
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This work is funded by FCT—Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., through the project BeSafeSlide—Landslide Early Warning soft technology prototype to improve community resilience and adaptation to environmental change (PTDC/GES-AMB/30052/2017) and through national funds (PIDDAC) by the Research Units UIDB/00295/2020, UIDP/00295/2020 and FCT-UIB/50019/2020-IDL.
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Oliveira, S.C., Melo, R., Marques, F., Fonseca, R., Pimenta, R., Zêzere, J.L. (2023). From Geological to Lithological Maps—Exploring Differential Erosion to Improve Lithological Information for Landslide Susceptibility Assessment. In: Malheiro, A., Fernandes, F., Chaminé, H.I. (eds) Advances in Natural Hazards and Volcanic Risks: Shaping a Sustainable Future. NATHAZ 2022. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25042-2_20
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