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26 June 2016
Landslides in Art Part 26: Robyn Collier
Robyn Collier, an artist from New South Wales in Australia, has painted The Landslide, a beautiful image of a rockfall scar in the Blue Mountains
29 September 2015
The Inskip sinkhole in Australia – undoubtedly a landslide
On Saturday a section of beach dramatically collapsed in Queensland, Australia to form the Inskip Sinkhole. It is now clear that this was actually a submarine landslide.
24 October 2012
Caveat Emptor
Two examples of landslides that have caused extensive damage or loss of access to properties, resulting in substatial losses for their owners
15 February 2011
Riverbank collapse on the lower Murray River in Australia
Photos of my visit to South Australia in relation to riverbank collapse hazards on the Murray River
12 February 2011
Two public lectures in Australia and an amazing open pit landslide in Turkey
Public lectures Just a brief heads-up to anyone in Adelaide, Australia this week. I will be giving two public lectures as follows: Coastal cliff erosion – Monday, 14 February, 3.30 pm – 4.30 pm, at the University of Adelaide, Chapman Lecture Theatre (North Terrace Campus). Hosted by the University of Adelaide. Impact of landslides triggered by earthquakes – Wednesday, 16 February, 6.00pm-8.00pm, at Level 11, 108 King William Street. Hosted …
4 February 2011
Cyclone Yasi – a gallery of the damage
In the UK, the media reports on the landfall of Cyclone Yasi have mostly focused on the impacts not being as serious as had been feared. This is the case only because the storm cams ashore away from the large urban centres. In the communities directly in the path of the cyclone the impact has been dreadful, although fortunately with only a single life lost so far. ABC News has …
2 February 2011
Cyclone Yasi – potential impacts
Unfortunately, my bizarre track record for promoting disaster wherever I go is once again coming to fruition. Two days before I fly to Australia, the north-east coast of that country is about to be struck by a category 5 (the strongest type) cyclone, named Cyclone Yasi. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has a map of the likely landfall zone: Unfortunately, the impact of this event is likely to be severe. …
10 January 2010
Riverbank collapses on the Murray River in Australia
As I am currently in Sydney en route to New Zealand it seemed appropriate to post an Australian story. Australia rarely appears on the fatal landslide database, but it currently has a profound slope failure issue of its own, which is sufficiently serious to merit a campaign by a newspaper. The issue is related to the Murray River in the southeast of the country: The problem is that the Murray …
17 November 2009
Now that is what I call a boulder!
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 …
14 April 2009
A round-up of some recent landslide events
I thought that it was time to provide a round-up of some landslide events from around the world: 1. A narrow escape in AustraliaThanks to Remke van Dam for bringing this one to my attention. This Australian family had a pretty lucky escape last week when a pair of large rocks struck their car (image from here): 2. A road-blocking rockfall in AlaskaThanks to John Fritz for this one. In …
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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