2 August 2023 07:18 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 30 July 2023 a one million tonne rock slope collapse occurred close to Bisisthal in Switzerland. It was captured on several videos, which show the initial pillar collapses and the transition to a rapid rock avalanche.
Tags: Europe, featured, pillar, rock avalanche, rockslope, Switzerland, youtube
27 February 2023 07:42 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Kandersteg: a massive rock slope failure in Switzerland caught on video. Fortunately, the collapse had been anticipated through monitoring
Tags: Alps, Europe, featured, landslide report, landslide video, monitoring, rockfall, Switzerland
14 October 2021 06:52 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Loyal reader Hernán De Angelis has very kindly highlighted two very interesting large rock slope failures on the Southern Patagonian Icefield (SPI) at Glacier Amalia.
Tags: argentina, Chile, featured, glacier Satellite images, landslide report, Planet Labs, South America
12 October 2021 06:36 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A large rock slope collapse from Punta dei Ross, Croda Marcora in the Italian Dolomites
Tags: Dolomites, featured, Italy, landslide video, rock slope collapse, rockfall, rockslide
7 May 2021 08:36 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Mount Kekachi: an interesting rock slope failure and rock avalanche in Japan on 6 May 2021. The runout distance was about 2 km
Tags: East Asia, featured, japan, landslide report, rock avalanche, rock slope failure
30 April 2021 08:56 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Nakhon Ratchasima: a dramatic video showing a violent and sudden rock slope collapse in a quarry in Thailand
Tags: featured, landslide video, mining, quarry, rockfall, SE. Asia, Thailand
15 May 2020 06:20 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A team of scientists has identified a potentially massive (500 million cubic metre) rock slope failure above Barry Glacier in Alaska
Tags: Alaska, creep, featured, North America, rockslope, tsunami, USA
12 May 2020 06:13 in Landslide processes by Dave Petley
The Váráš rock slope deformation in Troms County in northern Norway, a 70 million cubic metre, 100 m deep creeping landslide.
Tags: DSGD, Europe, featured, INSAR, Norway, rockslide
4 March 2019 06:24 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Three videos have been posted on Youtube showing a very large, very dramatic rockslope failure near to Thanpal Dam in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir.
Tags: featured, India, Kashmir, landslide video, South Asia
3 October 2022 06:55 in Mining by Dave Petley
Shuiliandong: a paper in the journal Landslides (Ma et al, 2022) highlights an example of a landslide triggered by underground coal mining
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, mine, mining, research, review of a paper
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