Twice serious deformation occurred in the Wangxia unstable rock mass in 2010 and 2011 in Wushan country in the Three Gorges Reservoir. It formed a large dangerous factor for the local resident and channel safety. Based on the detailed investigation of the new cracks, deformation history, GPS observations, total station monitoring and crack displacement monitoring data analysis, analyzed comprehensively the deformation and reasons of the unstable rock. The researches show that the deformation type of the unstable rock mass contains gradual change and mutation, should adopt the corresponding monitoring methods and monitoring frequency in different deformation stages based on the geological survey and monitoring the key parts of the unstable rock mass. The destruction of the Wangxia unstable rock was a gradual process, controlled by 5 key cracks, which were crack T11, T12, T13, T16, and T10, consider the Wangxia unstable rock was subsided extrusion type collapse.

Acquiring instant information and sharing massive data are indispensable elements in social informatization. Real-time monitoring is realized with the support of computer and communication technologies. The monitoring facilities which are controlled by communication network terminal computers would collect and transfer data according to established procedures or real-time instructions. That is, data could be acquired under all weather and no duty conditions. Then the acquired massive data could be widely shared by issuing on Internet Web. This whole procedure is called real-time monitoring. Demonstration station for real-time monitoring and prewarning is just used to issue monitoring instructions, collect and transfer real-time data through GPRS wireless network between local monitoring stations and central station on the basis of computer and modern communication technologies. So the monitoring data elements could be gathered on central station server computer through communication network, and then be Web published and shared through the connection of central station sever computer and the Internet. Thus, informatization for landslides monitoring could be realized, and information could be optimally utilized. The geologic hazard monitoring and prewarning demonstration station in Wushan County was a good example of real-time monitoring and data Web sharing for landslides, which has greatly improved the level of geologic hazard monitoring and prewarning in China.

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