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12 May 2020
The Váráš rock slope deformation in northern Norway
The Váráš rock slope deformation in Troms County in northern Norway, a 70 million cubic metre, 100 m deep creeping landslide.
18 December 2019
Larvik: a classic wedge failure on a Norwegian road last week
Late on Friday 13 December 2019 a large wedge failure developed on a cut rock slope on the E18 motorway at Larvik in Norway
6 September 2019
Veslemannen in Norway – major movement, and possibly a significant failure, reported
After a phase of accelerated movement in the last few days, the large Velsemannen rockslide in Norway underwent a significant failure overnight
1 August 2019
Sogn og Fjordane: a series of large landslides in Norway
Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway suffered a series of large, rainfall-induced landslides on Tuesday, killing at least one person.
24 June 2019
Salaks: an unusual video of a landslide impact in Norway
On 8th June 2019 a landslide struck the Salaks salmon processing plant in the northern part of Norway. The landslide was caught on CCTV footage.
7 November 2018
Mannen rockslide: The postman always rings twice; two post-glacial stability crises with multiple catastrophic rock-slope failures – is there more to come?
Recent research shows that the problematic Mannen rockslide in Norway has shown two previous phases of extensive activity. Guest post by Paula Hilger of NGU
10 May 2017
Geiranger Fjord in Norway: the spectacular rockslide video
On Monday a significant rockslide on the flanks of Geiranger Fjord in Norway was captured on a video now posted to Youtube
13 November 2016
Asakveien: a deadly quick clay landslide in Norway on Thursday
On Thursday afternoon a quick clay landslide occurred at Asakveien in Norway, tragically killing three Lithuanian forestry workers
12 May 2015
Sorkjosen (Sørkjosen) in Norway – an unusual underwater landslide
Early on Sunday morning an interesting underwater landslide occurred in the town of Sorkjosen (Sørkjosen) in Norway, closing the only highway linking northern Norway with the remainder of the country
3 February 2015
Vestfold in Norway – an unusual landslide takes out a major highway bridge
Yesterday afternoon a major landslide took out a highway bridge at Vestfold in Norway. This may be a quick clay landslide, and interestingly it appears that a bulldozer was working in the field below the bridge.
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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