Interpretation of Slope Movements Induced by Adjacent Large Landslide in Northern Italy

Abstract

The village of Corniglio, in the district of Parma, Northern Apennines (Italy), has been affected for the last 6 years by a huge landslide—currently one of the largest slope movements in Europe—which has caused considerable socio-economic damage. In late 1994, the slope movement resumed after unusually high rainfalls in a preexisting landslide area that had been stable since 1902. The main landslide took place west of the old center of Corniglio, gradually involving an estimated