12 April 2013 05:28 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Initial information, and some fantastic images, are now available of the Bingham Canyon copper mine landslide. This is one of the largest mining-induced landslides of all time.
Tags: featured, landslide report, mine, mining, USA, Utah
2 January 2014 09:24 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A personal review of the five most important landslides of 2013, including Kedarnath (India), Bingham Canyon (USA), Gyama (Tibet), La Pintada (Mexico) and Izu-Oshima (Japan)
Tags: 2013, debris flow, Kedaranath, landslide report, mining, review
2 January 2016 10:39 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In October 2015 the 72 million cubic metre Tyndall Glacier landslide in Alaska generated a significant tsunami that swept down the Taan Fjord.
Tags: Alaska, glacier, landslide report, North America, rock avalanche, tsunami, USA
9 November 2015 08:29 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Colin Stark & Goran Ekstrom have found the seismic record for the Tonzang landslide in Burma. At 395 million tonnes it may be the largest non-seismic landslide for a decade
Tags: Burma, featured, landslide report, rock avalanche, SE. Asia
13 October 2015 07:13 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Deep Lake landslide in Montana is a giant prehistoric rockslide that has created a large lake in the Beartooth Mountains
Tags: featured, landslide dam, Montana, rock avalanche, USA
20 April 2015 06:41 in landslide report, landslide video by Dave Petley
The Bolshaya Talda earthflow, which I featured on this blog on Friday was a mine waster landslide. Readers have helped identify the location of the slide.
Tags: earthflow, featyrd, landslide video, mining, Russia, tailings
24 April 2014 10:44 in landslide costs by Dave Petley
Landslide losses in the USA have come into focus in light of the slides at Oso and Jackson Hole. At present, investment in national scale landslide programmes in the US is extraordinarily low.
Tags: featured, landslide costs, USA
20 February 2014 07:42 in landslide report by Dave Petley
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
Tags: Alaska, featured, landslide report, rock avalanche, seismic data, USA
26 September 2013 08:22 in landslide costs by Dave Petley
Two recent examples, from Brazil and Utah, demonstrate the potentially enormous financial impacts of landslides on the mining industry
Tags: brazil, featured, landslide costs, mine, mining, quarry, USA
24 May 2013 00:22 in landslide report by Dave Petley
News of landslides from the USA, Canada and Hong Kong, and about the role of landslides in the Day of Judgement
Tags: Canada, Hong Kong, landslide report, USA
Recent Comments