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22 June 2011
Slope tectonics – a video and a conference
Dave flags a forthcoming conference on slope tectonics and highlights a video of incipient landslides in the coastal cliffs near to New Zealand
7 April 2011
An interesting new video of a landslide in action
A really great new video of a landslide in action in California – don’t miss it!
5 December 2010
Dramatic footage – coastal landslides in Canada and a snow avalanche in Edinburgh!
Another excellent video of landslides in action has appeared on Youtube, this time showing the results of coastal erosion in Newfoundland, Canada. I don’t know much more about the location or the timing of the events – can anyone fill in the details? The video should be viewable here and embedded below: Whilst the house falling over the cliff at the start is undeniably dramatic, for me the most interest …
4 November 2010
The Rissa landslide – new (old) video available online
In April 1978 an remarkable quick clay landslide was caught in action by two amateur cameramen. A large section of this video has now appeared online.
14 September 2010
Road failure video from Thailand
Thanks to my former student Kurtis Garbutt for the heads up on this one. The video below shows the progressive development of a road in Thailand. I suspect that this initiated as a culvert failure, with multiple collapses due to undercutting: The final frames of the video show an overview of the site. Check out where the people are standing! As an aside, Kurtis also runs a very interesting blog …
8 August 2010
First video of the Gansu landslides
The Chinese State TV company has a new report (in Mandarin) that provides aerial footage of the Gansu landslide site. It is clear from the video that there are in fact two slides. The video is available via the link below (I have removed the embedded video as it played automatically): Video available here. The larger of the two slides is shown in this screen capture from the video: Strangely …
21 July 2010
New rockfall video from India
A good new rockfall video has been posted on Youtube, collected in the Pangi Valley of Himachal Pradesh in India:
8 July 2010
A new landslide video
Regular readers will be aware that I like to highlight new landslide videos as and when they appear, not least because fellow educators and academics find them to be useful teaching tools. In addition, watching the videos reminds us of what we are attempting to manage, and can also provide insight into processes. Latest in the list is this one, which appeared on the web last week: It appears to …
30 April 2010
New landslide video from Brazil
Live Leak has an impressive video of a large debris flow striking and destroying a house, reportedly in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil : http://www.liveleak.com/e/8d9_1269224599
5 March 2010
New rockslide video: Highway 96 at Klamath River near the Siskiyou-Humboldt county line
Thanks to Kyle House of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology for bringing this one to my attention. A great new video was posted yesterday showing a rockslide onto Highway 96 at Klamath River near the Siskiyou-Humboldt county line in California. The video should be embedded below: http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9836643&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Rock slide on Hwy 96 in Northern California near the Humboldt/Siskiyou County line. from Paul Hailey on Vimeo. Well worth a …
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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