Dr. Alexander Strom is the Chief expert of the Geodynamics Research Center – branch of JSC "Hydroproject Institute", Moscow, Russia. He has performed geological and paleoseismological investigations for hydraulic schemes in the Naryn, Kokomeren, Vakhsh, Gunt, Sarydjaz, and Charyn River valleys in the Tien Shan and Pamir for more than 40 years. He participated in a number of international research projects, including the International Working Group on Natural Hazards in the Tien Shan among others. Dr. Kanatbek Abdrakhmatov is the Director of the Kyrgyz Institute of Seismology of National Academy of Sciences in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He has performed neotectonic and seismotectonic investigations in various parts of the Tien Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan for more than 40 years. He participated in a number of international research projects including the International Working Group on Natural Hazards in the Tien Shan, among others.

• 1. Introduction2. Overview of the Study Region 3. Spatial and Size Distribution of Bedrock Landslides4. Bedrock Landslides Classification Based on the Deposits 5. Internal Structure and Grain-Size Composition of Large-Scale Bedrock Landslides6. Rockslides' (Rock Avalanches') Emplacement Mechanism Models Based on the Deposits Morphology and Internal Structure Analysis7. Rockslide Dams – Origin, Evolution, and Failure8. Evidence of Slope Instabilities – Potential of Future Large-Scale Slope Failures9. Conclusions10. References11. Index

Dr. Alexander Strom is the Chief expert of the Geodynamics Research Center – branch of JSC "Hydroproject Institute", Moscow, Russia. He has performed geological and paleoseismological investigations for hydraulic schemes in the Naryn, Kokomeren, Vakhsh, Gunt, Sarydjaz, and Charyn River valleys in the Tien Shan and Pamir for more than 40 years. He participated in a number of international research projects, including the International Working Group on Natural Hazards in the Tien Shan among others. Dr. Kanatbek Abdrakhmatov is the Director of the Kyrgyz Institute of Seismology of National Academy of Sciences in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He has performed neotectonic and seismotectonic investigations in various parts of the Tien Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan for more than 40 years. He participated in a number of international research projects including the International Working Group on Natural Hazards in the Tien Shan, among others.

• 1. Introduction2. Overview of the Study Region 3. Spatial and Size Distribution of Bedrock Landslides4. Bedrock Landslides Classification Based on the Deposits 5. Internal Structure and Grain-Size Composition of Large-Scale Bedrock Landslides6. Rockslides' (Rock Avalanches') Emplacement Mechanism Models Based on the Deposits Morphology and Internal Structure Analysis7. Rockslide Dams – Origin, Evolution, and Failure8. Evidence of Slope Instabilities – Potential of Future Large-Scale Slope Failures9. Conclusions10. References11. Index