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17 March 2014
Mount Haast: A GNS report on the 2013 rock avalanche (which is also known as the Mount Dixon rock avalanche)
GNS Science in New Zealand have made available online a report into the January 2013 rock avalanche on Mount Haast / Mount Dixon
10 March 2014
UBC distinguished lecture powerpoint file: Earthquake-induced landslides – lessons from Taiwan, Pakistan, China and New Zealand
The powerpoint file from my UBC Geological Engineering Distinguished Lecture on Earthquake Induced Landslides
27 January 2014
Port Hills, Christchurch: demolishing the rockfall threatened houses
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority will today start the process of demolishing the houses in the Port Hills that have been affected by, or are threatened by, rockfalls
16 January 2014
Aoraki / Mount Cook: A new survey of its height after the 1991 landslide
A GNS / University of Otago expedition has just resurveyed the height of Aoraki / Mount Cook after the 1991 rock avalanche. The mountain has lost 30 m.
13 January 2014
The Dart Valley landslide in New Zealand
Over the last two weeks, a landslide in the Dart Valley of New Zealand has created a lake over 3 km long, although a major breach event is not expected
28 August 2013
A GNS Science report into the fatal landslide in June at Otuwhero Inlet in New Zealand
A GNS Science report examines the fatal landslide at Otuwhero Inlet in New Zealand. The causes of the tragedy are more complex that one might have expected
22 July 2013
Landslides and liquefaction from the Cook Straits earthquake yesterday
The Cook Strait earthquake sequence of the last three days has generated a small number of landslides and liquefaction failures
14 March 2013
Managing landslide hazard – an example from Franz Josef in New Zealand
A recent paper (Barth 2013) has highlighted a deforming slope near to Franz Josef in New Zealand. This rather nicely highlights the difficulties of assessing the hazard in steep mountain terrain
24 February 2013
An intrepretation of the Mount Dixon rock avalanche in New Zealand using satellite imagery
This post provides an interpretation of the Mount Dixon rock avalanche using NASA EO-1 ALI imagery collected shortly after the event. It shows that the landslide went through a dramatic transition from rock avalanche to sliding
12 February 2013
The full video of the Mount Dixon rock avalanche from Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand
The full video of the rock avalanche on Mount Dixon in Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is now available. It is astounding!
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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