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26 September 2012
Download a free copy of my Geology paper “Global Patterns of Loss of Life from Landslides”
A free download is now available of my recent paper in Geology about global fatalities from landslides
12 September 2012
The catastrophic loss of Arctic Sea Ice and its implications for landslides
The Arctic sea ice melt has been unprecedented this summer. This post explores the likely impications of this for mid-latitude weather, and thus for landslides.
16 August 2012
Global patterns of loss of life from landslides – my new paper in the journal Geology
My paper on landslide impacts on human life worldwide has just been published in Nature. This post briefly review the results.
13 March 2012
Characterizing landslides with real-time seismic signals
A review of new research from Taiwan on the detection of large landslides using seismic data. Another step forward in this important research area.
17 January 2012
Two interesting landslide posts on other sites
Links to two really interesting landslide posts elsewhere: one is about a slip in Canada and the other a huge submarine slide.
29 November 2011
On seismic signals from landslides – new research
new research from ETH Zurich on using seismic signal to detect large landslide events
15 November 2011
New paper on landslide-dams and genetic change in fish
A review of a new paper that has identified a new, large, ancient landslide in northern California. The landslide dam had a surprising impact on the local fish population
4 October 2011
Geological evidence for a large landslide in Tenerife
A brief review of a new paper that describes a newly discovered catastrophic landslide deposit in Tenerife.
23 June 2011
The seismic signature of a large landslide
A little under two years ago, on 9th August 2009, Typhoon Morakot triggered a catastrophic landslide that destroyed the village of Hsiaolin in southern Taiwan, killing over 400 people. I covered this event in detail at the time and later that same year visited the site. There is a presentation about the typhoon and landslide online that can be downloaded. The journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Science has just …
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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