26 May 2020 06:03 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
A new paper published in Scientific Reports (Dini et al. 2020), and thus open access, uses InSAR to show movements of a large slope adjacent to the under construction Punatsangchhu I dam in Bhutan
Tags: Bhutan, dam, featured, Himalayas, hydroelectric, INSAR
19 March 2020 07:33 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In May 1971 the Saint Jean Vianney landslide, a very large failure in a sensitive clay, destroyed 40 houses and killed 31 people in Canada
Tags: Canada, features, landslide report, North America, quick clay, sensitive clay
18 November 2019 07:31 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
On the 90th anniversary of the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake and tsunami, a new study suggests that tsunamigenic submarine landslides may be more common than we thought
Tags: Canada, featured, North America, submarine landslide, tsunami
18 September 2019 07:00 in Art by Dave Petley
Landslides in Art Part 30: “Doing the Electric Landslide”, an oil painting by Erica Putis, part of her Man Made Destruction series
Tags: art, featured, painting, slump
31 July 2019 20:54 in landslide video by Dave Petley
Many good landslide videos are emerging during a very active 2019 landslide season. I have put together a compilation of notable examples
Tags: featured, landslide videos
20 May 2019 06:33 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Good satellite and aerial imagery is now appearing showing the extent of the Joffre Peak rock avalanches in Canada last week
Tags: Canada, featured, North America, Planet Labs, rock avalanche
17 May 2019 11:08 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Yesterday a second, probably even larger, rock avalanche occurred on Joffre Peak in British Columbia in Canada, following the first event on Sunday.
Tags: Canada, featured, landslide report, North America, rock avalanche
27 January 2019 16:05 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The enormous scale of the tailings dam collapse at Feijão mine in Brumadinho, Brazil is now clear. The dam was 87 m high, holding c13 million cubic metres.
Tags: brazil, featured, mine, mining, Sout America, tailings
25 October 2018 06:27 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The Old Fort landslide in British Columbia is an 8 millon cubic metre earthflow that has caused the evacuation of the village of Old Fort
Tags: featured
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
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