2 February 2023 07:28 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A paper in Science of the Total Environment (Svennevig et al. 2023) describes the 15 December 1952 Niiortuut landslide in Greenland. It concludes that this was one of the earliest anthropogenic warming-induced landslides identified to date.
Tags: featured, global warming, Greenland, permafrost, research, review of a paper
8 July 2021 08:36 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 15 June 2021 a large landslide occurred on the margin of the Sullorsuaq Strait in a remote are of western Greenland.
Tags: featured, Greenland, landslide report, Planet Labs, satellite image
6 November 2017 08:04 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
The Nuugaatsiaq landslide in Greenland: understanding failure processes from the precursory seismic signals (review of a paper)
Tags: featured, Greenland, mechanisms, North America, paper, research, seismic
8 August 2017 07:00 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Various analyses have now been posted about the the tsunamigenic the Karrat Fjord landslide in Greenland, which killed four people
Tags: featured, Greenland, landslide report, North America, tsunami
21 June 2017 06:20 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In the last 24 hours new images and video have emerged showing the Greenland landslide and the terrifying tsunami that it triggered.
Tags: featured, Greenland, landslide report, rock avalanche, tsunami
23 June 2020 06:34 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Gjerrild Klint landslide on the east coast of Denmark, a classic rotational coastal failure triggered by heavy rainfall
Tags: coastal landslide, Denmark, Europe, featured, landslide report, rotational landslide
4 January 2018 07:37 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In a paper just published in the journal Landslides, Gauthier et al. 2017 use a 3D reconstruction to estimate that the tsunamigenic June 2017 Karrat Fjord rock avalanche in Greenland had a volume of 58 million cubic metres.
Tags: featured, Greenland, landslide report, paper, research, rockslide, tsunami
1 August 2017 07:06 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A 50 cm high tsunami struck the Caribbean coast of Colombia at Santa Marta on 19th July 2017. The most likely cause was a submarine landslide.
20 June 2017 06:21 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Details and some video are now available about the landslide that triggered the Nuugaatsiaq tsunami in Greenland on Saturday night
Tags: featured, Greenland, landslide report, tsunami
19 June 2017 06:33 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Late on Saturday, a substantial tsunami struck the village of Nuugaatsiaq in Greenland. The most likely cause would appear to be a very large landslide
Tags: featured, Greenland, landslide report, tsunami
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