3 September 2013 04:22 in Coast by Dave Petley
I have spent the last few days New South Wales in Australia courtesy of the University of Newcastle. This has been a great experience in a very interesting and picturesque city located by the sea. The region is blessed with beautiful beaches, but there are also some cliffs that are actively eroding. One prominent feature in Newcastle is known as Nobbys Head, an interesting former small island, now linked to …
21 October 2011 08:04 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Today marks the 45 anniverasary of the Aberfan landslide disaster. In this post, Brett Cherry and I review the events of that day and consider the lessons that can be learnt from this the worst landslide disaster in UK history.
Tags: featured, landslide report, mining, UK, Wales
22 July 2011 07:14 in Earthquake-induced landslide, landslide report by Dave Petley
Apologies for the low rate of posting this week – it has been a busy one! These are the key stories that have caught my eye: 1. A Congressional landslide briefing, USA Thanks to Lee Allison (check out his terrific, pioneering Arizona Geology blog) for the heads-up on this one. On 21st June an event was held in Washington to provide a public briefing on landslides as a stealth hazard. …
17 November 2009 08:13 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Thanks to Dr Kurt Douglas at the University of New South Wales for drawing my attention to this. The Australian Courier Mail has a story today about a family that survived a near miss from a 1500 tonne boulder that rolled from the hill above their house in southern Queensland on Friday. The rock detached from the slope above their house and rolled to within 50 m of their property …
Tags: australia, boulder, rockfall
8 January 2014 08:39 in Photo gallery by Dave Petley
It is becoming clear that the recent UK storms have markedly altered the rock coasts of parts of England
Tags: arch, coasts, collapse, england, featured, rockfall, UK
4 January 2013 10:09 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A round-up of interesting landslide stories in the last week, including the UK, New Zealand, Brazil and Malaysia
Tags: brazil, featured, malaysia, New Zealand, UK
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