Article: Studies from Selcuk University in the area of environmental geology described.

According to a study from Konya, Turkey, "On 19 February 2007, a landslide occurred on the AlaardÄaut +/-double dagger Slope, located 1.6 km south of the town of Yaka (Gelendost, Turkey.) Subsequently, the displaced materials transformed into a mud flow in Eglence Creek and continued 750 m downstream towards the town of Yaka. The mass poised for motion in the Yaka Landslide source area and its vicinity, which would be triggered to a kinetic state by trigger factors such as heavy or sustained rainfall and/or snowmelt, poise a danger in the form of loss of life and property to Yaka with its population of 3,000."

"This study was undertaken to construct a ...

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