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21 October 2008

Sichuan Earthquake session at SinoRock 2009

Prof. ZuYu Chen has today emailed to bring to my attention a special conference session on the geohazards associated with the Wenchuan Earthquake. This will be held at the SinoRock 2009 conference in Hong Kong on 22nd May 2009. It will be followed by a field trip to the earthquake zone. Beichuan New Town landslide. Source: This is Life Blog Papers are due by 15th January 2009. Details of the …

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12 June 2008

Debris flow video from Hong Kong

Thanks to a former student for bringing the following video to my attention. Hopefully it will play directly when you click on the box below – if not then take a look at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2uTKyK1c9k This channelised debris flow occurred on Lantau Island, near to Hong Kong airport, on 7th June when the area was affected by an exceptional (“black”) rainfall event. In a single hour Hong Kong observatory recorded 140 mm …

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