landslide: Earthquake-Induced Landslide Dataset

Description

The landslide dataset contains data related with multiple-landslides following the May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, China.

Arguments

Format

The landslide dataset contains the following columns:

presence: Binary indicator of landslide occurrence within the grid cell (1 = landslide present, 0 = no landslide).
area_grid: Total area of the spatial grid cell.
area_slide: Total area of landslide material mapped within the grid cell.
count: Number of individual landslide events recorded within the grid cell.
slope_avg: Mean slope angle within the grid cell.
slope_stdd: Standard deviation of slope within the grid cell, representing local terrain variability.
relief: Local terrain relief, defined as the elevation difference within the grid cell.
TWI_avg: Mean topographic wetness index (TWI) within the grid cell, indicating potential soil moisture accumulation.
TWI_stddev: Standard deviation of the topographic wetness index within the grid cell.
VRM_avg: Mean vector ruggedness measure (VRM), quantifying surface roughness and terrain complexity.
VRM_stddev: Standard deviation of the vector ruggedness measure within the grid cell.
planCurv_a: Mean plan curvature, describing horizontal curvature of the terrain surface.
planCurv_s: Standard deviation of plan curvature within the grid cell.
pga_avg: Mean peak ground acceleration, representing average seismic shaking intensity.
pga_stddev: Standard deviation of peak ground acceleration within the grid cell.
distStream: Mean distance from the grid cell to the nearest stream or drainage network.
distStre_s: Standard deviation of distance to streams within the grid cell.
POINT_X: x-coordinate of the centroid of the grid cell (longitude or easting, depending on the coordinate system).
POINT_Y: Y-coordinate of the centroid of the grid cell (latitude or northing, depending on the coordinate system).
litho: Lithological classification indicating the dominant rock or soil type within the grid cell.
profCurv_a: Mean profile curvature, describing vertical curvature of the terrain along the slope direction.
profCurv_s: Standard deviation of profile curvature within the grid cell.

Data are available from GitHub and hence can be gathered using the command dataset("landslide").

Details

Data are available from GitHub and hence can be gathered using the command dataset("landslide").

References

de Carvalho, M., Huser, R., Naveau, P., and Reich, B. J. (2026). Handbook on Statistics of Extremes. Chapman & Hall/CRC. Boca Raton, FL.

Yadav, R., Lombardo, L., and Huser, R. (2026). Statistics of Extremes for Landslides and Earthquakes. In: Handbook of Statistics of Extremes, Chapter 27, pp. 611--632.