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Front Cover; Rockslides and Rock Avalanches of Central Asia; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; 1 Introduction; I. General Information; 2 Brief History of the Bedrock Landslide Studies in the Central Asia; 3 Overview of the Study Region; 3.1 The Study Region: Its Topography and Boundaries; 3.2 Geology and Tectonics; 3.3 Neotectonics and Geomorphology; 3.4 Seismicity; 3.4.1 Instrumental and Historical Records; 3.4.2 Paleoseismological Data; 3.5 Climate, Glaciation, and Hydrology

4 Principles and Criteria of Landslides Identification and Discrimination From the Features Formed by Other Mass-Wasting Ph...4.1 General Criteria of Rockslide/Rock Avalanche Identification; 4.2 Rock Avalanches Versus Moraines; 4.3 Rock Avalanches Versus Rock Glaciers; 4.4 The Abnormally Large Fan-Shape Deposits and Their Origin; 4.5 Bedrock Landslides in the Contemporary Glaciated Regions; 5 Bedrock Landslide Types and Classification Systems; 5.1 Bedrock Slope Failure Types; 5.2 Rockslide Dams Classification; 5.3 Rock Avalanches Classification; 5.3.1 Primary Rock Avalanches

5.3.2 Jumping Rock Avalanches5.3.3 Secondary Rock Avalanches; 5.3.3.1 Secondary Rock Avalanches of the Classical Subtype; 5.3.3.2 Secondary Rock Avalanches of the Bottleneck Subtype; 5.3.3.3 Combined Cases; 5.3.4 Some Implications of the Proposed Rock Avalanche Classification; 6 The Bedrock Landslides Database; 6.1 General Information; 6.2 Headscarp Geology and Parameters; 6.3 Overall Parameters of Rockslide Deposits; 6.4 Rock Avalanche Parameters; 6.5 Rockslide Dams and Dammed Lakes Parameters; II. Regional Description; 7 Dzungaria; 8 Tien Shan; 8.1 Eastern Tien Shan; 8.2 Highest Tien Shan

8.3 Northern Tien Shan8.4 Central Tien-Shan; 8.5 North-Western Tien Shan; 8.6 Southern Tien Shan; 9 Pamir; 9.1 Eastern and Northern Pamir; 9.2 Western and South-Western Pamir; 9.3 Pianj River Valley and the Afghan Badakhshan; III. Analysis; 10 Quantitative Relationships of Central Asian Bedrock Landslide Parameters; 10.1 Size-Frequency Distribution of Bedrock Landslides; 10.2 Area-Volume Relationships; 10.3 Parameters Characterizing Rockslide and Rock Avalanche Mobility; 10.3.1 Overall Mobility; 10.3.2 Secondary Rock Avalanches' Mobility

10.3.3 Area Affected: Additional Parameter Characterizing Rockslide Mobility11 Structure and Grain-Size Composition of Large-Scale Bedrock Landslide Deposits; 11.1 Retention of the Rock Mass Macrostructure; 11.2 Grain-Size Composition and Minor Landforms of Rockslide Deposits; 11.2.1 Blocky Carapace and its Typical Features; 11.2.1.1 Grain-Size Composition; 11.2.1.2 Carapace Landforms; 11.2.2 Comminuted Interior (Fragmented Facies); 11.2.3 Basal Facies and Rockslide Bodies Interaction with the Substrate; 11.3 Experimental Simulation of Rockslides' Internal Structure

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