31 July 2014 08:30 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The catastrophic Malin landslide in Pune, India yesterday probably killed over 100 people. The event appears to be a mudslide in deeply weathered soil, triggered by exceptional rainfall
5 June 2014 08:52 in landslide report, Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Moving mountains: a new paper in Nature reveals an enormous programme of mountain top removal in China to create land for development. The landslide potential from such a project is high
Tags: china, featured, mountain-top removal, review of a paper
23 December 2013 09:46 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A recipe for how to create perfect landslides every time
25 June 2012 15:04 in landslide report by Dave Petley
An initial report of a large and deadly landslide on the flanks of Mount Elgon in Uganda
Tags: Africa, deforestation, landslide report, Mount Elgon, Uganda
8 March 2012 09:22 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A more detailed examination of the pre-landslide images from Tumbi Quarry in Papua New Guinea
Tags: featured, Papua New Guinea, quarry, Tumbi
13 February 2012 12:00 in landslide report by Dave Petley
There continues to be a moderate level of media interest in the Tumbi Quarry landslide in Papua New Guinea, with most of that focusing on the role of the quarry. LNG Watch have examined some of the documents that the project operators themselves have online and have shown that audits of the project last year raised questions about the stewardship of the quarry site. It is not entirely clear as …
Tags: landslide report, Papua New Guinea, quarry
15 January 2012 23:09 in Landslide processes by Dave Petley
Some pictures of landslides triggered on a slope after logging, taken in New Zealand yesterday
Tags: featured, foorest, landslide report, New Zealand, shallow landslide
8 November 2011 07:46 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A review of landslide impacts since 2002 in Colombia.
Tags: Colombia, database, featured, landslide report
30 August 2011 10:14 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Reports are coming in of two landslides in Uganda yesterday that together have killed over 25, and possibly over 50, people.
Tags: Africa, landslide report, Uganda
13 December 2010 11:02 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The AGU Fall meeting started with a bang this morning with a 2 hour session on the Haiti earthquake. I am going to have a go at blogging live from the session using my iPad, so here goes. I am going to be careful to be general about what the speakers are saying so as not to compromise potential publications from them. First up is Eric Calais, who is now …
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