Updated: Another bout of landslides in the UK today
20 December 2012 14:21 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Heavy rainfall falling onto saturated ground across the UK is triggering more landslides today
20 December 2012 14:21 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Heavy rainfall falling onto saturated ground across the UK is triggering more landslides today
1 December 2012 08:39 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In my post yesterday I noted that: ” …deep groundwater levels will now be rising, so don’t be at all surprised if there are reports of larger landslide movements over the next few months. Places such as Dorset and the Isle of Wight, where there are large coastal landslide systems, will be particularly vulnerable.” And sure enough, the BBC website today has an article that starts: “A section of coastline …
30 November 2012 00:01 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A selection of landslides triggered by the recent uusually heavy rainfall across the UK
29 June 2011 17:43 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A short description and video of an intriguing “mini-tsunami” off the south coast of England on Monday. Reports attribute it to a submarine landslide, but more information is needed to ascertain whether this is really the case.
10 December 2009 08:33 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
This is the latest in my occasional series on the depiction of landslides in art. The previous parts of this series are here:Part 1Part 2 Today I turn to a classic painting from the 19th Century, painted by Lord Frederic Leighton, entitled “On the Coast, Isle of Wight”: This oil sketch, which hangs in the National Gallery in London, shows a stretch of the Isle of Wight coastline in southern …
2 January 2009 10:26 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The BBC is carrying a quite interesting story at the moment about the use of artwork from the nineteenth century to evaluate rates of coastal erosion. The story originates from Robin McInnes, who is an established figure in coastal management. Robin was the Coastal Manager for the Isle of Wight, in southern England for many years, during which he led the way in terms of developing an understanding and management …
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