4 September 2008 08:09 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
This is a nice illustration that the physical rules that control landslides are the same the world over (or that journalists play games occasionally…). Below is the well-known USGS image of the 1995 La Conchita landslide in California: Compare the above image with this Telegraph Calcutta picture of a landslide at St Antony’s Colony in Munnar, India. Almost a mirror image! Hmmm…….!
Tags: images, India, la conchita, physics
20 August 2008 19:59 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Many readers will be familiar with the La Conchita landslide in California. For those who aren’t, La Conchita a small (population about 340 people), unincorporated seaside village located on the Pacific coast north of Los Angeles (Fig. 1) (34.4 degrees north, 119.5 degrees west). The town is located on a narrow coastal plain, with a steep slope behind. The houses are very close to the foot of the slope (Fig …
Tags: california, court case, la conchita, USA
5 August 2008 14:02 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The Los Angeles Times today carries an interesting story about a landslide in Ventura County, to the north of Los Angeles. Ventura County is usually brought into focus by the La Conchita landslide, currently the subject of a court hearing, but in this case the issue is rather different. In the words of the paper: “A patch of land in Ventura County’s section of Los Padres National Forest where the …
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