NPA Satellite Mapping have completed a pre-failure analysis of the Fagraskogarfjall landslide in Iceland using InSAR data. Up to 2 metres of movement occurred in the year before the main collapse.

Planet Labs have captured a high resolution SkySat image of the Fagraskogarfjall landslide in Iceland. It shows the complex hummocky topography of the landslide deposit.

In a paper just published in the journal landslides, Haque et al (2016) present data on fatal landslides in Europe between 1995 and 2014

A post providing a spectaular example of columnar jointing from Iceland, examining the role that joints play in rockfalls

This post explores whether Friday’s magnitude 9 earthquake in offshore Sendai in Japan was a surprising event from a geological perspective, concluding that there are few aspects of this event that have not been observed elsewhere before.

Over the weekend I have been watching and reading the media response to the aviation ban resulting from the Eyjafjallajoekull ash cloud, and reading some of the online discussions.  I would like to make four observations from a natural hazards perspective: A. This event is the result of a “perfect storm”.I have been surprised by the lack of reflection by the media, including by some scientists (see below), that the …

The Mountain Cat Geology blog has an astonishing image of a lavafall in Iceland following the recent eruption (click on the image for a better view in a new window): I wonder whether this is technically a landslide, given that it is a mass movement consisting entirely of rock?