28 April 2017 07:06 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A new paper examines both the materials and the mechanisms of the 2014 Oso landslide, and proposes a new model that fits all of the available evidence
Tags: featured, flowslide, North America, Oso, paper, research, USA
8 December 2016 08:02 in Oddities by Dave Petley
In the small historic village of Civita di Bagnoregio is located what may be the worlds first museum dedicated to landslides
Tags: Europe, featured, Italy, museum
23 November 2009 23:21 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Whilst pushing my five year old daughter on the swing the other day (a task that leaves plenty of time to think!), I was pondering upon the greatest landslide papers of all time. I thought that it would be interesting to compile a list and invite suggestions of alternatives. So, here is my list, in no particular order: 1. Terzaghi on the principle of effective stressIn 1936 Karl von Terzaghi …
Tags: ancient landslide, paper, top ten
2 December 2008 21:18 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Back in August I posted on the strange phenomenon of burning landslides. This is an interesting and surprisingly common phenomenon in which a slope failure exposes materials in the soil or rock that oxidises to generate large amounts of heat. At times this effect can be strong enough to actually ignite – in Dorset in England for example organic matter in the Kimmeridge Clay (which is the main source rock …
Tags: burning, california, fire, landslide report, USA
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