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This landslip at Super-Sauze occurred in the 1960s,on a slope from 2105 m to 1740 m asl. The total volume is estimated at 750 000 m3 (Enchastrayes, 2010). © BRGM - Audrey Baills

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Landslide at Super Sauze

24.03.2014

This landslide at Super-Sauze occurred in the 1960s, at an altitude between 2105 m and 1740 m. The total volume displaced is estimated at 750 000 m³. Photo taken from the bottom of the Super-Sauze landslide (Enchastrayes, 2010).

Landslide at Super Sauze

  • This landslide at Super-Sauze occurred in the 1960s, at an altitude between 2105 m and 1740 m. The total volume displaced is estimated at 750 000 m³. Photo taken from the bottom of the Super-Sauze landslide (Enchastrayes, 2010). © BRGM – Audrey Baills)

  • View of a “secondary” landslide at Super-Sauze, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département (Enchastrayes, 2010). © BRGM - Audrey Baills

  • View from the top of the landslide at Super-Sauze, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département (Enchastrayes, 2010). © BRGM - Audrey Baills

  • Estimated stability of slopes prone to landslips in the Barcelonnette Valley, modelled with the ALICE tool (in green: low / in red: high). © BRGM

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