6 February 2018 07:43 in Landslide processes by Dave Petley
A paper just published in Geo-Marine Letters, Conway and Barrie 2018 – describes a new landslide type – the submarine sackungen – observed in the flanks of Douglas Channel in British Columbia
Tags: Canada, featured, North America, sackungen, submarine landslide
29 January 2018 07:57 in Landslide processes by Dave Petley
The Rattlesnake Hills rockslide in Washington State continues to creep at an approximately constant rate. The key challenge now is to determine whether the slide can transition into a rapid failure eventThe Rattlesnake Hills rockslide in Washington State continues to creep at an approximately constant rate. The key challenge now is to determine whether the slide can transition into a rapid failure event
Tags: creep, creeping landslide, featured, landslide monitoring, landslide movement, landslide report, monitoring
19 August 2017 00:27 in obituary by Dave Petley
Last week my good friend, the pioneering landslide scientist and teacher, Professor Oldrich Hungr, sadly passed away in Grenoble, France
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31 July 2017 06:43 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Saldim Peak in Nepal: new analyses suggest that the 20th April 2017 glacial flood that was actually caused by a giant rockslide
Tags: debris flow, featured, GLOF, Himalayas, landslide report, nepal, rockslope failure
3 July 2016 08:52 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On Tuesday 28th June a 150 million tonne landslide, the Lamplugh Glacier rock avalanche, occurred in Alaska. This enormous landslide travelled 10 km across the ice.
Tags: Alaska, featured, glacier, North America, rock avalanche, USA
2 January 2016 10:39 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In October 2015 the 72 million cubic metre Tyndall Glacier landslide in Alaska generated a significant tsunami that swept down the Taan Fjord.
Tags: Alaska, glacier, landslide report, North America, rock avalanche, tsunami, USA
17 December 2015 21:13 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Drew Brayshaw has tweeted images of a dramatic large rock avalanche that occurred on the flanks of Mount James Turner yesterday
Tags: Canada, featured, landslide report, North America, rock avalanche
9 November 2015 08:29 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Colin Stark & Goran Ekstrom have found the seismic record for the Tonzang landslide in Burma. At 395 million tonnes it may be the largest non-seismic landslide for a decade
Tags: Burma, featured, landslide report, rock avalanche, SE. Asia
29 October 2015 08:14 in landslide report by Dave Petley
NASA EO-1 images have revealed the extent of the amazing Tonzang landslides in Burma, which occurred earlier this year. The largest landslide is 5.9 km long
Tags: Burma, featured, landslide report, Myanmar, NASA, satellite imagery
19 October 2015 05:30 in landslide report by Dave Petley
I can reveal here for the first time that last week a giant rock avalanche was detected by Colin Stark and Goram Ekstrom on the flanks of Mount Steele in the Yukon, Canada
Tags: Canada, featured, landslide report, rock avalanche, satellite, seismic
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