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15 February 2016
Sumner rockfalls – videos from the M=5.7 earthquake near Christchurch yesterday
Sumner rockfalls – videos of the landslides triggered by the M=5.7 earthquake near to Christchurch in New Zealand yesterday
23 November 2015
A rather splendid rock and ice avalanche video from New Zealand
Ryan Taylor captured on video a rock and ice avalanche event on the flanks of Mount Cook in New Zealand
4 November 2015
My latest paper: hillslope preconditioning
In a new paper, we examine the distribution of landslides from two earthquakes in New Zealand to see if hillslope preconditioning – the idea that the legacy of one trigger event can influence slope behaviour ins subsequent event – occurred. The results suggest that this might have been a factor in the area affected by both earthquakes,
30 September 2015
Rockfall and landslide damage in the Port Hills from the Christchurch earthquake sequence
Demolition has started of properties damaged by landslides in the Port Hills area of Christchurch during the 2010-2011 earthquakes. This post shows some of the photographs that I took shortly afterwards.
10 April 2015
Sumner road drone footage and two other new landslide videos
There are three interesting new videos on Youtube, one showing rockfall damage on a orad above Sumner in New Zealand, one showing a landslide induced house collapse in India and the other showing a landslide event (and its aftermath) in Greece
18 February 2015
Landslides from the 2015 Wilberforce earthquake in New Zealand
The GNS landslide team have produced a reconnaissance report detailing the landslides triggered by the 2015 Wilberforce earthquake in New Zealand
15 February 2015
Fox Glacier – a time lapse video of slope failures as the glacier retreats
Victoria University of Wellington has compiled a fascinating time lapse video of slope movements as the Fox Glacier in New Zealand retreats in response to climate change
3 October 2014
Prehistoric rockfalls in Christchurch, New Zealand
A new paper to be published in Geology reports on the use of dating techniques to evaluate the return periods of prehistoric earthquake triggered rockfalls near Christchurch in New Zealand
4 June 2014
The sad tale of Maggie the Kakapo, the victim of a landslide
On Codfish island in New Zealand a rare Kakapo, known as Maggie, has been killed by a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall
14 April 2014
Dart River (Te Horo) landslide complex in New Zealand
The Dart River landslide in New Zealand is an unusual case of a complex landslide that has generated valley-blocking debris flows. A new GNS Science report provides the details.
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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