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15 April 2016
Colonnata: a large collapse in a Carrara marble quarry in Italy
Yesterday a large rockfall occurred at a quarry for Carrara Marble at Colonnata in Tuscany, Italy, killing two quarry workers and injuring a third. Carrara Marble is the stone from which Michelangelo carved his sculpture David, and it is a prized building material worldwide.
3 August 2015
The Fukaminato River landslide in Japan
Even better footage has now emerged of the Fukaminato River landslide in Japan, which appears to be occurring at the site of an old quarry
26 September 2013
The costs to the mining industry of landslides – examples from Brazil and the USA
Two recent examples, from Brazil and Utah, demonstrate the potentially enormous financial impacts of landslides on the mining industry
30 January 2013
An unusual quarry landslide in Canada yesterday
A somewhat unusual quarry landslide occurred yesterday at the Maskimo Quarry in L’Epiphanie in Quebec, Canada. Montreal CTV News has a good aerial image of the site and the landslide: On initial inspection the slip appears to have originated in the materials in the slope above the main quarry face, and then to have cascaded over the edge into the main excavation. Sadly, there were two trucks and excavator on …
11 November 2012
First news of the Burma earthquake and an update on landslides from the Guatemala earthquake
First news of the Burma earthquake and an update on the one in Guatemala
9 November 2012
More news of landslides from the Guatemala earthquake and first reports of a landslide dam break flood in Indonesia
Reports suggest that at least 18 people were killed by landslides in the Guatemala earthquake, and that 11 have been killed by a landslide dam collapse in Indonesia today
8 October 2012
Call for an investigation into the Tumbi Quarry landslide
A new report has called for a proper investigation of the Tumbi Quarry landslide in PNG, which killed 60 people
26 March 2012
There is still no justice for the Tumbi Quarry landslide victims
A new article has highlighted the lack of justice for the Tumbi Quarry landslide victims, despite official promises of an independent inquiry
8 March 2012
Analysing the pre-landslide image from Tumbi Quarry
A more detailed examination of the pre-landslide images from Tumbi Quarry in Papua New Guinea
7 March 2012
Breaking news – an image of the Tumbi Quarry site before the landslide
I have obtained an image of the Tumbi Quarry site before the landslide. There are some very interesting features.
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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