ACTUAL LANDSLIDES AS MOST OBJECTIVE STANDARD FOR VALIDATION OF LANDSLIDE HAZARD ASSESSMENT RESULT

A relatively low correlation appeared between the result from the published paper of Wang Tao et al. named Case study on rapid assessment of regional seismic landslide hazard based on simplified Newmark displacement model: Wenchuan MS8.0 earthquake and spatial distribution pattern of actual landslides triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. The main purpose of this comment or discussion is to analyze the reasons of the low correlation by analyzing and discussing of basic data, data analysis process, and results from that paper from Wang Tao and his research teams. The results suggest that Wang Tao and his teams carry out a more in-depth study in three aspects, include accuracy of the Arias intensity data, engineering geology lithology formation groupings, and validation of the Wenchuan earthquake-triggered landslides hazard assessment. This comment plays a positive role on exploring more scientific landslide hazard assessment models.