Stunning images of four recent landslides
16 July 2012 13:14 in landslide images by Dave Petley
Remarkable video and photographic imagery has emerged this weekend of the aftermath of landslides in Alaska, Canada and Japan
16 July 2012 13:14 in landslide images by Dave Petley
Remarkable video and photographic imagery has emerged this weekend of the aftermath of landslides in Alaska, Canada and Japan
6 May 2010 08:43 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
On Wednesday morning I attended the presentation by Dave Keefer, the winner of the Sergei Soloviev medal. Dave has single-handedly defined the field of seismically-induced landslides, an area of great importance. In the lat five years alone such slides have killed over 50,000 people, and the ongoing landslide activity in the aftermath of big earthquake events means that the legacy of the shaking continues for decades after the main shock. …
17 December 2009 01:35 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
There were two highlights of day 3 for me, which to be honest did not have much of interest on landslides. The first was the Geobloggers lunch, which was attended by about 30 bloggers. It was interesting to put names to faces and also to learn about some new blogs. I was struck by two things: 1. the range of ages of bloggers – far less oriented towards the young …
30 November 2009 21:39 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The Planetary Geomorphology Working Group of the International Association of Geomorphologists has a rather nice article online comparing the landforms caused by slumping during thawing of the ground with similar features that have been seen on Mars. The article is available here:http://www.psi.edu/pgwg/images/dec09image.html On Earth, thaw slumps occur in permafrost areas like Alaska. This is an oblique aerial image of these features, taken from the site above: The Natural Resources Canada …
14 April 2009 08:04 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
I thought that it was time to provide a round-up of some landslide events from around the world: 1. A narrow escape in AustraliaThanks to Remke van Dam for bringing this one to my attention. This Australian family had a pretty lucky escape last week when a pair of large rocks struck their car (image from here): 2. A road-blocking rockfall in AlaskaThanks to John Fritz for this one. In …
9 July 2008 04:15 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Fifty years ago today, on the 9th July 1958, one of the most remarkable landslide events in recorded history occurred in Alaska. This was the Lituya Bay landslide, a large rockslide that collapsed catastrophically into a fjord in Alaska. Whilst the landslide itself was comparably unexceptional, though very large, the tsunami that it triggered most certainly was not. Lituya Bay is located in the very southwest of Alaska (Figure 1). …
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