by Dave Petley
12 September 2017 22:12 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A new paper (Coe et al. 2017) strongly suggests that the cluster of 24 rock avalanches since 1984 in S. Alaska may be associated with rock permafrost degradation
by Dave Petley
22 March 2017 07:49 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In a paper just published in Nature Astronomy, Pajola et al (2017) describe a 22,000 cubic metre rockfall on Comet 67P, observed by the ESA Rosetta Mission
by Dave Petley
4 November 2016 14:12 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
The Norcia earthquake last weekend triggered the Nera River landslide, a 600,000 cubic metre rock slope failure that blocked the river
by Dave Petley
13 May 2016 07:14 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Two new landslide videos have appeared on Youtube, including an impressive rockfall last weekend on Mont Granier in the French Prealps and a smaller collapse at Swimmer’s Delight in California
by Dave Petley
13 April 2016 07:07 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The rains in early April 2016 have caused extensive landslide damage to the Karakoram Highway in northern Pakistan, causing major problems to communities upstream. Two landslides are proving to be particularly problematic, and may take another week to clear.
by Dave Petley
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.
by Dave Petley
22 February 2016 07:00 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A paper review by Andrea Wolter from ETH Zurich on the ways that geomorphic and seismic processes cause large landslides, based on a case study from Montana
by Dave Petley
2 February 2016 07:50 in Melanie by Dave Petley
The Mentirosa Island landslide complex comprises four tsunamigenic soil-rock slides in Patagonia, Chile, with a combined volume of 8 million cubic metres.
by Dave Petley
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
by Dave Petley
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.
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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