by Dave Petley
26 September 2022 06:43 in Mining by Dave Petley
Satellite image company Planet Labs has released high resolution imagery of the Jagersfontein tailings dam failure
by Dave Petley
14 September 2022 06:57 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
The Jagersfontein tailings dam accident: the plume of pollution has extended to the reservoir of the Kalkfontein Dam.
by Dave Petley
13 September 2022 07:12 in Mining by Dave Petley
Aerial and satellite imagery of the Jagersfontein tailings dam disaster highlights a complex failure event and high mobility of the slimes.
by Dave Petley
12 September 2022 06:41 in Mining by Dave Petley
On 11 September 2022 a major tailings dam failure occurred at Jagersfontein in South Africa. The local plume of pollution extends >8 km.
by Dave Petley
7 September 2022 09:00 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
The 5 September 2022 M=6.8 earthquake in Luding County, Sichuan has triggered large numbers of landslides, causing extensive damage.
by Dave Petley
6 September 2022 06:08 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 1 September 2022 a very major landslide occurred at Hongya Village in Qinghai Province in China, killing seven people.
by Dave Petley
2 September 2022 06:46 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Heavy rain has triggered multiple landslides in New Zealand over the last two months, causing extensive damage and disruption
by Dave Petley
4 August 2022 06:47 in Mining by Dave Petley
On 26 July 2016 a 3.1 million cubic metre landslide occurred at a high wall coal mine at Fushun in China, causing extensive damage. The failure is documented in a new paper (Sun et al. 2022) in the journal Landslides.
by Dave Petley
25 July 2022 06:37 in landslide report, landslide video by Dave Petley
On 4 July 2022 a peat landslide occurred at the site of a windfarm under construction in Shetland, north Scotland.
by Dave Petley
15 July 2022 07:23 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Recent heavy rainfall has triggered landslides in parts of eastern Australia, causing damage to railway lines and properties
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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