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23 April 2013
New landslide videos and resources
A round up post of some new landslide videos and other resources
12 March 2013
An interesting new rockslide video on Youtube
A small rockslide on a Cornish slope has been captured in action in a high quality video
12 February 2013
The full video of the Mount Dixon rock avalanche from Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand
The full video of the rock avalanche on Mount Dixon in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is now available. It is astounding!
6 February 2013
Probably the largest mass movement ever recorded on video
The makers of the film Chasing Ice recorded an extraordinary collapse event on the Ilulissat Glacier in Western Greenland. This video is now available on Youtube
29 January 2013
A round up of just a few of the recent landslide events
In the last few weeks there has been an unusual amount of landslide activity worldwide. This is just a few of the more interesting events, there are many more that I’ll try to cover in the next few days. Thanks to everyone who has pointed them out to e, and apologies if I have not acknowledged your contribution or covered your story yet. Please do keep them coming! 1. The …
28 January 2013
The video of the Mount Dixon (Aoraki Mount Cook) rock avalanche in motion
. At the time of the rock avalanche on Mount Dixon in Aoraki Mount Cook in New Zealand last week it was reported that at least one of the occupants of the Plateau Hut caught the video in action. This has proven to be the case – 3 News NZ has obtained the footage from the climber – Neil Wiltshire – and has a nice report that features it. At …
9 January 2013
An interesting Austrian earthflow video
A very interesting earthflow video from Austria
24 December 2012
Four landslide videos for Christmas
Four interesting new landslide videos, two from the USA, one from China and one from the UK
19 December 2012
Unbelievable – a video of a landslide striking and derailing a freight train in Everett, near Seattle, USA
On Monday a landslide derailed a freight train Everett, near Seattle in Washington State, USA. The landslide was caught on a remarkable video
10 December 2012
So who said science isn’t fun? A full-scale (820 m runout) debris flow experiment
A remarkable video of a full-scale debris flow experiment in South Korea.
Dave Petley is the Wilson Professor of Hazard and Risk in the Department of Geography at Durham University in the United Kingdom. His blog provides a commentary on landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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