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dr-dave wrote a new post, Was the Bingham Canyon landslide the largest historic non-volcanic landslip in North America?, on the site The Landslide Blog 22 hours, 32 minutes ago
Various media agencies are reporting a story about the Bingham Canyon landslide of a few weeks ago, suggesting that this might be the largest landslide in North America in historic times. This has been […]
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dr-dave wrote a new post, How to escape a landslide, on the site The Landslide Blog 4 days, 3 hours ago
Various news reports suggest that a couple in Alaska had a very lucky escape from a landslide on Sunday. The best news report that I have come across is on Alaska Public Media, which also has this image of the […] -
dr-dave wrote a new post, A very dangerous reservoir bank landslide in China, on the site The Landslide Blog 5 days, 1 hour ago
In a technical note that was recently published in the journal Landslides, Zhang et al. (2013) have highlighted a very interesting landslide that is developing on the flanks of the resevoir associated with the […] -
dr-dave wrote a new post, The Wenchuan earthquake, five years on, on the site The Landslide Blog 6 days, 7 hours ago
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dr-dave wrote a new post, First news of a costly landslide in Mizoram, India, on the site The Landslide Blog 1 week ago
Various news reports are emerging of a substantial landslide in Laipuitland, Mizoram, in the far east of India. The Hindu reports that eight people have been confirmed as having been killed, a further 11 are […]
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dr-dave wrote a new post, Analysing the Bingham Canyon mine landslide part 2: the landslide track, on the site The Landslide Blog 1 week, 4 days ago
This is part two of a three-part series looking at the Gingham Canyon mine landslide. Part 1 is here.The best overview image of the track of the landslide is this one (used with permission courtesy of the <a […]
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dr-dave wrote a new post, We are recruiting a post-doctoral researcher to work on earthquake-induced landslides, on the site The Landslide Blog 2 weeks, 2 days ago
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dr-dave wrote a new post, Analysing the Bingham Canyon mine landslide part 1: the landslide source area, on the site The Landslide Blog 2 weeks, 4 days ago
The Bingham Canyon mine landslide of a few weeks ago is an unusual mass movement. Kennecott Utah have put a set of very high resolution images on their flickr site and have provided permission for me to use them […] -
dr-dave wrote a new post, Landslide hazards in the aftermath of the Lushan earthquake in Sichuan, on the site The Landslide Blog 2 weeks, 6 days ago
A number of Chinese media outlets have articles about the threats posed by landslides in the aftermath of the 20th May 2013 Lushan earthquake in Sichuan Province. It is clear from the imagery (such as the image […] -
dr-dave wrote a new post, An update on the Bingham Canyon mine landslide, on the site The Landslide Blog 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Kennecott held a press conference yesterday to provide an update on the situation with the Bingham Canyon mine landslide. This is well reported in a number of online newspapers, including Deseret News and ABC […] -
dr-dave wrote a new post, New landslide videos and resources, on the site The Landslide Blog 3 weeks, 4 days ago
In the last few days a number of new landslide videos and resources have been brought to my attention:
1. David Shilston gives a lecture on landslides
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a5p1sRp6Nk
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2. A […]
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dr-dave wrote a new post, Images of landslides from the earthquake in China, on the site The Landslide Blog 3 weeks, 5 days ago
It is increasingly clear that the major challenge to the rescue and recovery effort in the aftermath of the earthquake in China is being posed by landslides, which have blocked the communications and […] -
dr-dave wrote a new post, Initial reports of landslides from the earthquake in Sichuan this morning, on the site The Landslide Blog 3 weeks, 6 days ago
The Magnitude 6.6 earthquake in Sichuan this morning occurred just to the southwest of the area affected by the May 2008. Of course this is not remotely on the scale of that earthquake, but the magnitude and […] -
dr-dave wrote a new post, A first analysis of the potential landslide distribution from the Iran earthquake, on the site The Landslide Blog 4 weeks, 1 day ago
By Rob Parker (University of Cardiff) and Dave PetleyThe Mw = 7.8 earthquake on Tuesday in Iran was the largest event in that country for about 50 years. Fortunately, the depth of the earthquake (82 km) and […]
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dr-dave wrote a new post, More information on the disastrous mining-induced landslide in Tibet a fortnight ago, on the site The Landslide Blog 1 month ago
Questions continue to be asked about what I have been calling the Jiama/Gyama Mine landslide in Tibet. First, it should be noted that this is a misnomer – the event should correctly be called the Tseri Mountain […] -
dr-dave wrote a new post, Is the Bingham Canyon copper mine landslide the most expensive single mass movement in history?, on the site The Landslide Blog 1 month ago
Further news is emerging about the landslide at Bingham Canyon copper mine last week. The transparency of all involved is impressive to behold, and is a remarkable contrast to the much more costly in human terms […] -
dr-dave wrote a new post, The unusually large Bingham Canyon Mine landslide – an impressive example of prediction using monitoring, on the site The Landslide Blog 1 month ago
See also the update to this post hereOn Wednesday evening an extremely large – and in the case this is no exaggeration – landslide occurred in the Bingham Canyon copper mine in Utah, USA. According to various […]
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dr-dave wrote a new post, So was the Tibet landslide, which killed 83 people, really “natural”? You be the judge, on the site The Landslide Blog 1 month ago
In the aftermath of the deadly Gyama (Jiama) mine landslide in Tibet a fortnight ago, the Chinese media reported in some detail the undoubtedly brave efforts of the rescue teams in their quest to recover dead – […] -
dr-dave wrote a new post, Future trends in natural hazard losses – the Powerpoint file from my Geographical Association 2013 conference talk , on the site The Landslide Blog 1 month, 1 week ago
Yesterday I was deeply honoured to present the AQA Annual Lecture at the Geographical Association annual conference in Derby. I talked on the topic of Future Trends in Natural Hazard Losses - essentially a […]
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dr-dave wrote a new post, Landslides in Portugal, including a new landslide video, on the site The Landslide Blog 1 month, 1 week ago
Portugal News reports that heavy rainfall in the last few days across the country has induced landslides and floods, with the district of Santarem being worst hit. The most interesting landslide occurred at […] - Load More
