Characteristics of the occurrence of shallow landslides depend on the process of whole-mountain denudation in granitic areas of western Japan.

Kohei Noike1, Makoto Matsuzawa2, Atsuhiko Kinoshita1, Teruyoshi Takahara1, Hideaki Mizuno1, Tsuneshi Nishioka3, Yoshinori Araki4 and Toru Shimada5, (1)PWRI Public Works Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, (2)Public Works Research Institute (currently PACIFIC CONSULTANTS CO.,LTD), Tsukuba, Japan, (3)Wakayama Prefecture, Wakayama, Japan, (4)Chuden Engineering Consultants, Hiroshima, Japan, (5)KOKUSAI KOGYO CO., LTD, Fuchu, Japan