6 January 2020 06:43 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A new paper in the journal Landslides (Friele et al. (2020) provides a first detailed analysis of the May 2019 Joffre Peak landslides in Canada
Tags: Canada, featured, North America, paper, permafrost, research, rock avalanches
2 July 2019 06:21 in Landslide processes by Dave Petley
A first analysis of the mining-induced September 2018 Naga landslide, which killed 134 people and destroyed almost 60 houses
Tags: featured, landslide analysis, mine, mining, paper, philippines, review, SE. Asia
21 May 2019 05:43 in Landslide processes by Dave Petley
The first Joffre Peak landslide was probably associated with high Spring temperatures, but the slope also showed signs of distress before the collapse.
Tags: Canada, featured, North America, progressive failure, rock avalanche
22 February 2019 07:54 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
On 17 February 2019 a >1 million cubic metre rockslide occurred at Longjin village in Guizhou Province. The failure was predicted using a monitoring system
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, monitoring, prediction
7 December 2018 07:56 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Guazi landslide: an interesting ancient landslide reactivated by a hydroelectric power scheme in China, as described in the journal Landslides
Tags: china, dam, East Asia, featured, hydroelectric power
22 November 2018 08:23 in landslide images by Dave Petley
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.
Tags: creep, Europe, featured, INSAR, mapping, satellite
4 April 2018 22:46 in Earthquake-induced landslide, Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Better satellite images are now becoming available showing the large landslides triggered by the Papua New Guinea earthquake
Tags: earthquake, featured, imagery, landslide dam, Papua New Guinea, planet, satellite, SE. Asia
12 March 2018 08:20 in Tailings by Dave Petley
On Friday a significant tailings dam failure occurred at the Cadia gold mine in Australia, causing production to be stopped. Fortunately, to date no release of tailings beyond the boundaries of the mine has occurred.
Tags: Austrlia, featured, mine, mining, tailings, waste
5 February 2018 08:12 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Last week a major landslide badly damaged the community of Lomas del Rubi in Tijuana in Mexico, destroying 70 houses. A new housing subdivision is under construction at the foot of the slope. There are suspicions that this may have been the trigger.
Tags: featured, landslide report, Mexico, North America, urban landslide
6 November 2017 08:04 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
The Nuugaatsiaq landslide in Greenland: understanding failure processes from the precursory seismic signals (review of a paper)
Tags: featured, Greenland, mechanisms, North America, paper, research, seismic
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