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4 February 2019
The speed of the Brumadinho tailings dam landslide
The two important videos showing the Brumadinho tailings dam landslide allow some estimates to be made of the speed of the movement.
1 February 2019
First thoughts on the Brumadinho dam collapse video
My initial thoughts on the Brumadinho tailings dam collapse video, which has emerged today. The video shows a catastrophic rotational landslide and flow
Brumadinho disaster: the extent of the environmental impact
The human and environmental costs of the Brumadinho disaster in Brazil are becoming increasingly clear, whilst speculation continues as to the causes of the collapse of the tailings dam
30 January 2019
Planet Labs image of the Brumadinho tailings dam failure
Planet Labs have captured a high resolution image of the aftermath of the Brumadinho tailings dam failure at the Córrego do Feijão Mine in Brazil
27 January 2019
The scale of the tailings dam collapse at Feijão mine in Brumadinho, Brazil
The enormous scale of the tailings dam collapse at Feijão mine in Brumadinho, Brazil is now clear. The dam was 87 m high, holding c13 million cubic metres.
23 January 2019
Bureya Reservoir: blasting has started to clear the landslide dam
The website Rivers Without Boundaries is reporting that works have now started to clear the landslide dam at Bureya Reservoir in Russia
20 January 2019
Landslides on the White Bluffs in Hanford Reach National Monument
Bruce Bjornstad has posted a video Youtube showing the development of landslides on the White Bluffs in Hanford Reach National Monument in Washington State, USA.
18 January 2019
Hidroituango: the complex geology behind the major problems in the mountain
Hidroituango: the complex geology behind the problems in the mountain, with suggestions that the powerhouse cavern might lie at the intersection of 2 faults
16 January 2019
New problems at Hidroituango
A new set of problems have emerged at the Hidroituango hydroelectric dam in Colombia, with drilling indicating the presence of a large void in the rock mass
15 January 2019
Two new landslide videos: Lebanon and Russia
Two new (to me at least) landslide videos have been posted onto Youtube: one from Lebanon earlier this month and one from Russia in 2012
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.
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