seismically triggered landslide potential in the reservoir of gotvand dam, iran

Moderate to large earthquakes can trigger landslides, and these landslides commonly cause a significant proportion of total earthquake damage. the ability to predict slope stability during earthquakes is especially important for seismic hazard analysis of dam projects. earthquakes having magnitudes greater than about 4 can trigger landslides on very susceptible slopes near the epicenter (keefer, 1984). the situation will be more critical if the landslide prone body is saturated. thegotvand dam is the highest rock-fill dam of iran with a clay core and was constructed over the karun river, in khuzestanprovince. the gotvand dam region was basically a geohazard-prone area prior to the construction of the gotvand dam reservoir (gdr) due to the wide exposure of gachsaran formation and closeness of lahbari and pir-ahmad active faults(barjasteh, 2018).