2 March 2012 08:59 in landslide report by Dave Petley
The outcome of an investigation into the We Energies landslide at Oak Creek is now available. The report indicates that seepage from an unlined pond may have been a significant contributing factor.
Tags: ash, featured, flowslide, landslide report, USA
18 November 2011 08:42 in Art by Dave Petley
A new post in the series on the ways in which landslides are depicted in art: this time Low Tide by Arthur Homeshaw
Tags: art, coastal erosion, costa, Devon, featured, UK
21 October 2011 08:04 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Today marks the 45 anniverasary of the Aberfan landslide disaster. In this post, Brett Cherry and I review the events of that day and consider the lessons that can be learnt from this the worst landslide disaster in UK history.
Tags: featured, landslide report, mining, UK, Wales
22 July 2011 07:14 in Earthquake-induced landslide, landslide report by Dave Petley
Apologies for the low rate of posting this week – it has been a busy one! These are the key stories that have caught my eye: 1. A Congressional landslide briefing, USA Thanks to Lee Allison (check out his terrific, pioneering Arizona Geology blog) for the heads-up on this one. On 21st June an event was held in Washington to provide a public briefing on landslides as a stealth hazard. …
22 December 2010 12:28 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A couple of months I was approached by the publisher of this book, Oxford University Press, to ask if I would like a review copy and was intrigued. The premise of the book is remarkable – that it is possible to write an engaging popular science book based around the geology of a single pebble. And not an obviously fascinating pebble either – this is a piece of apparently dull, …
Tags: book review
17 November 2009 08:13 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Thanks to Dr Kurt Douglas at the University of New South Wales for drawing my attention to this. The Australian Courier Mail has a story today about a family that survived a near miss from a 1500 tonne boulder that rolled from the hill above their house in southern Queensland on Friday. The rock detached from the slope above their house and rolled to within 50 m of their property …
Tags: australia, boulder, rockfall
4 August 2008 11:42 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Image © http://www.hat.net/. Used with permission The UK news today carries a very sad report of the death of a teenager on a beach in the UK: “Paramedics tried to resuscitate the boy after he was pulled out of the sand at Cefn Sidan beach, near Burry Port in Carmarthenshire, on Sunday evening. The teenager was airlifted to Morriston Hospital in Swansea but doctors there pronounced him dead. The boy …
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