Survey of the “Ovaille” landslides of 1584

In March 1584, two earthquakes have triggered two massive mass movement events near the Eastern end of Lake Geneva, above Corbeyrier and Yvorne (canton of Vaud). Our study has investigated the traces of these events with geophysical and geological methods, to find out the thickness of the deposits, and their volume in the upper part at Plan Falcon. All details can be found in our freshly published paper by Maharaj et al. in the Swiss Journal of Geosciences. The study was co-funded by the Matterhorn grant of the Faculty of Geosciences and Environment (UNIL) and the Canton of Vaud.

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Figure 9 of Maharaj et al. (2025)