28 September 2014
Landslide in Rize, Turkey this week – a new video
Posted by Dave Petley
A landslide in Rize, Turkey
I know very little about this landslide, which apparently occurred in Rize, Turkey on 25th September:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p51ZIPlt-5E
The size of the blocks that slipped in quite impressive. It may be significant that the slide occurred in the section of road for which there is no masonry wall supporting the cut slope.
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.