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23 July 2018

Leach XPress: a landslide caused a pipeline explosion on 7th June 2018

A huge explosion on the Leech Xpress pipeline in West Virginia on 7th June 2018 was caused by land subsidence, which appears to be a technical term for a landslide, where the pipeline was crossing a steep ridge

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12 June 2013

A catastrophic landslide-induced oil spill in Ecuador (including two shocking videos of the pollution)

A landslide induced rupture of the Trans-Ecuador pipeline on 31st May is polluting the Coca River, affecting Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. Two shocking videos show the extent of the pollution

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1 February 2012

Investigating the Tumbi Quarry landslide in Papua New Guinea

A further review of the role of quarrying in the Tumbi Quarry landslide, Papua New Guinea. An independent investigation is needed to explain the contradictions.

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16 March 2008

The Ecuador oil pipeline landslide

This is a good time to review the impact of the recent landslide in Ecuador that affected the lives of all of us. Once again, there appears to have been little recognition that a landslide was the cause.The landslide in question occurred on 28th May in Amazonia as a result of heavy rain. Such landslides are not uncommon, but the significance of this one is that it severed 80 m …

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