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24 March 2014
Oso landslip: useful resources and the rising human cost
As the toll from the Oso landslip rises, this post provides some useful resources from a variety of blogs
23 March 2014
Oso landslide in Washington State: three people killed and the river is blocked
A large landslide near Oso in Washington State, USA, yesterday has killed 3 people and left at least 5 seriously injured.
20 March 2014
Dawlish: inducing landslide failure using firehoses
At Dawlish in SW England Network Rail are trying to mitigate a landslide by inducing failure using fire hoses
17 March 2014
Mount Haast: A GNS report on the 2013 rock avalanche (which is also known as the Mount Dixon rock avalanche)
GNS Science in New Zealand have made available online a report into the January 2013 rock avalanche on Mount Haast / Mount Dixon
26 February 2014
Mount La Perouse landslide: a Landsat 8 satellite image
NASA have published before and after images of the Mount La Perouse landslide in Alaska, plus a first assessment of its mobility
25 February 2014
Mount La Perouse rock avalanche: more images
Satellite images and additional photographs are now available of the Mount La Perouse rock avalanche. This is a big landslide – runout distance is >7 km
22 February 2014
Mount La Perouse: Sunday’s rock avalanche in Alaska has been found
Helicopter pilot Drake Olson has found the rock avalanche that occurred in Alaska on Sunday. It is on the flank of Mount La Perouse.
20 February 2014
Breaking news: a very large landslide in Alaska on Sunday
Using seismic data, Colin Stark and colleagues have detected a new, very large landslide in Alaska on Sunday. At about 68 million tonnes, this may have been the largest natural landslide since 2010
7 February 2014
The Seti River debris flow in Nepal – what was the role of the smaller landslide downstream?
An review of the role that the smaller landslide played in the Seti River debris flow in Nepal in 2012, which killed 72 people
29 January 2014
Tramin (Termeno), Italy: a very dramatic rockfall
Last week a dramatic rockfall occurred at Tramin in Italy, which involved a large boulder demolishing a 300 year old barn. It was a very lucky escape for the occupants of the adjoining house
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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