Joshimath: a complex landslide environment
8 January 2023 14:12 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Issues with the landslides in the town of Joshimath in India continue. There is much speculation as to the causes, which are likely to be complex.
8 January 2023 14:12 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Issues with the landslides in the town of Joshimath in India continue. There is much speculation as to the causes, which are likely to be complex.
4 January 2023 17:28 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In Chamoli district in northern India lies Joshimath, a mountain town with a serious and rapidly developing landslide problem
19 November 2021 09:07 in Planet Labs by Dave Petley
Images from Planet indicate that the 29 October 2021 Kameng Valley event was a probably a rock and ice avalanche that originated on a steep slope high in the mountains.
1 October 2021 06:48 in Monitoring by Dave Petley
A new paper in the journal Landslides presents a new inventory of slow-moving landslides for the Pacific Northwest, derived from InSAR. 617 active landslides that had not previously been identified were mapped.
30 July 2021 08:34 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Tapovan Vishnugad – another landslide at the hydroelectric scheme that was devastated by the Cahmoli debris flow in northern India
21 June 2021 08:07 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Melamchi: a landslide dam break flood in Nepal on 14 June 2021 is reported to have killed up to 20 people and caused serious damage
8 April 2021 08:34 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
Shuicheng County in Guizhou Province in China: InSAR as a wide area landslide detection tool
29 March 2021 07:55 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Another giant, high mountain landslide occurred on 22 March 2021, this time close to the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet. The estimated mass is around 100 million tonnes.
4 March 2021 08:42 in landslide costs by Dave Petley
The Char Dham Project: landslides associated with a major road construction and widening programme in northern India
10 February 2021 08:39 in landslide costs by Dave Petley
Hydroelectric power, dams and the growing list of landslide accidents in the Himalayas (and in other high mountain areas)
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