18 June 2016 08:50 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In a recent paper, Temme (2015) has used descriptions of rockfall risk in Alpine climbing guides to examine the effects of climate change on the degradation of permafrost and the resulting increased occurrence of rockfalls.
Tags: Alps, climate change, Europe, featured, paper, research, rockfalls, Switzerland
8 May 2016 09:01 in landslide report by Dave Petley
This weekend there have been two deadly landslides that repeat familiar themes: one was associated with mining in Burma (Myanmar) and the other with the construction of facilities to generate hydroelectric power in China
Tags: Burma, china, East Asia, featured, hydroelectric, Jade, landslide report, mining, Myanmar, SE. Asia
25 February 2016 07:45 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In a new paper, Wolter et al (2015) have re-examined the 1963 Vajont slide, proposing a new chronology for the evolution of the landslide that caused the disaster.
Tags: dam, disaster, Europe, featured, Italy, review of a paper, Vajont
15 February 2016 07:00 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Sumner rockfalls – videos of the landslides triggered by the M=5.7 earthquake near to Christchurch in New Zealand yesterday
Tags: Australasia, Christchurch, earthquake, featured, New Zealand, rockfall
3 February 2016 07:47 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Three new landslide videos, including a debris flow from Aconcagua, an earthflow from Muothatal in Switzerland and coastal erosion in Pacifica
Tags: argentina, california, debris flow, Europe, featured, landslide video, North America, Pacifica, South America, Switzerland, USA
27 January 2016 08:05 in Melanie by Dave Petley
Triggered by the Mw 6.2 Aysén earthquake in Chile on 21 April 2007, the Punta Cola rock avalanche has a volume of 22.4 million cubic metres
Tags: Chile, earthquake, featured, Melanie, rock avalanche, South America
22 January 2016 10:50 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Punta Tre Amici rockslide, a landslide of about 200,000 cubic metres, occurred on the flanks of Monte Rosa on 16th December 2015.
Tags: Europe, featured, global warming, Italy, landslide report, permafrost, rockslide
23 December 2015 10:05 in landslide report by Dave Petley
I have pulled together a series of videos showing the Shenzhen landslide in Guangdong, China, and its aftermath.
Tags: china, East Asia, featured, landslide report, landslide videos
24 November 2015 06:26 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Burma jade mine landslide disaster on Friday was a massive flowslide that is now known to have killed over 110 people. The final toll may be about 200 people, most of them poor miners living in an unofficial settlement.
Tags: Burma, flowslide, mine, mining, Myanmar, SE. Asia, spoil
14 September 2015 05:29 in landslide images by Dave Petley
The Japanese aid agency JICA have generated a wonderful 3D rendering of the Rilpola, Badulla landslide in Sri Lanka, which shows the likely role of inadequate engineering on a track in initiating the landslide.
Tags: featured, landslide image, South Asia, sri lanka
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