3 August 2016 06:52 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Earlier this week it was reported that the Chockstone, a famous wedged boulder on the Lord’s Rake in the English Lake District, has collapsed
Tags: boulder, england, Europe, featured, rockfall
22 July 2016 07:00 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
On 1st November 2016 I will take up the role of Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) at the University of Sheffield
13 June 2016 08:51 in Conference by Dave Petley
Details of three quite different forthcoming landslide meetings of interest, two the USA and one in England. In all cases the abstract deadline is imminent.
Tags: comference, featured, meetings
6 January 2016 08:06 in Art by Dave Petley
In the latest installment in the Landslides in Art Series, I examine the engravings of the Bindon landslide by Mary Buckland
Tags: Dorset, england, Europe, featured, landslides in art, UK
11 September 2015 05:30 in Coast, landslide video by Dave Petley
In Dorset, Southern England a dramatic rock topple on the progressive landslide at Weare Cliffs has been captured on video by a local fisherman
Tags: coast, Dorset, landslide video, progressive failure, rockfall, topple, UK
8 September 2015 05:00 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In Dorset in southern England, a complex progressive landslide is developing on the Weare Cliffs on the Isle of Portland.
Tags: Dorset, featured, landslide report, Portland, progressive failure, UK
17 July 2015 07:06 in Art by Dave Petley
Part 23 of the Landslides in Art series looks at a piece entitled Rockfall at Burton Bradstock by Dorset based artists Marzia Colonna
Tags: art, Dorset, england, features, landslides in art
20 April 2015 06:41 in landslide report, landslide video by Dave Petley
The Bolshaya Talda earthflow, which I featured on this blog on Friday was a mine waster landslide. Readers have helped identify the location of the slide.
Tags: earthflow, featyrd, landslide video, mining, Russia, tailings
4 February 2015 07:46 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Yesterday Network Rail released more information, and some good images, of the Harbury Tunnel landslide in Central England. The images suggest a complex failure mechanism involving 350,000 tonnes of material
Tags: embankment, england, featured, landslide report, railway, train, tunnel, UK
19 December 2014 08:10 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In my latest paper, just published in the journal Landslides, my co-authors and I examine monitoring data for the Ventnor landslide in southern England
Tags: england, featured, hournal, landslides, paper, review, UK
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