Utiku Landslide Graphing Application
The Utiku Landslide is situated south of Taihape in the Rangitikei District, and is traversed by State Highway 1 and the North Island Main Trunk railway line.
Introduction
There are over 10,000 mapped large landslides in New Zealand. Active landslides include the Taihape, Waikorora bluffs and Utiku landslides, which are impacting on residential housing, pipelines, roads and railway lines. GNS Science is carrying out research into these types of landslide to idenify the variables that influence their movement (typically rain-triggered groundwater rises and earthquakes). Find out more about the Utiku landslide here.
The time series graph below uses a common horizontal time axis and three separate vertical sub-axes to display daily rainfall, groundwater level and cumulative displacement across the landslide. These measurements are calculated using automated readings taken by GeoNet instrumentation situated on the landslide. Users can select individual or multiple sites to display using the reference numbers.
System Requirements
- The graphing application requires Java Runtime Environment version 5.0 (or higher). If you don't see a blank graph appear, Java may be disabled by your browser, or you may have an older Java version installed. To find out which Java version your browser supports, try the following web pages:
- For further help installing and running Java, try: http://java.com/en/download/help/
- Depending on the security settings of your browser and Java Runtime Environment you may see a security warning dialogue. This warning should indicate that the applet has been verified as signed by GNS Science and is making a request for privileges above and beyond what is typical for a Java applet. The extra security is only required by the applet if you wish to print or save copies of the generated graphs to your computer. If at the security warning dialogue you click on the "No" button, the applet will continue to function with these features disabled.
Usage Instructions
Please refer to the detailed usage instructions.
Disclaimer
GNS Science is currently carrying out the Utiku study to further scientific understanding of landslide behaviour and processes. This study is funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, with monitoring carried out by the GeoNet project. Additional funding has been given by various private stakeholders whose assets are affected by the landslide. The information regarding the Utiku landslide on this website is not a substitute for a professional site inspection and an engineering/geotechnical report for any particular property and is not provided for lending purposes. GNS Science excludes, to the full extent permitted by law, liability for damages or losses suffered or incurred as a result of any person or organisation's use or reliance on the information or any failure of the information to be accurate, up to date, not misleading or fit for any particular purpose.
