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23 January 2013
An analysis, based on Images and video, of the Mount Cook National Park landslide on Monday
An initial analysis of the Mount Dixon landslide in New Zealand on Monday
24 September 2012
So how does a landslide manage to do that?
Very large rock avalanches deposits often show severe fragmentation and yet retain their originnal structure. This post explores this phenomenon using examples from New Zealand and the Alps.
22 September 2012
Examples of ongoing slope deformation in New Zealand
Three examples of actively deforming slopes from New Zealand. Many slopes show slow deformation; knowing which are likely to fail is a significant challenge
12 July 2012
The Mount Lituya landslide in Alaska – an update
New images have emerged of the Mount Lituya landslide in Alaska last month. It was a very large, very long runout rock avalanche
23 May 2012
Understanding the Seti River landslide in Nepal
Using new satellite images & air photos to analyse the Seti River landslide in Nepal, which killed over 70 people.
12 May 2012
More information on the landslide that caused the Seti Flood in Nepal
An analysis, based on an amazing video of the landslide in action, of the rock avalanche that caused the Seti River flood in Nepal
1 April 2012
Two interesting recent landslides in the Alps
Reports of a dramatic rock avalanche in Austria a week ago, and a fatal rockfall in Switzerland on Friday
3 July 2009
The biggest landslide of them all – Saidmareh, Iran
As the summer begins and my mind starts to move over from administration to research, I was pondering really large landslides. As a result I thought that it was about time that I posted about the biggest known sub-aerial landslide – surprisingly it has received comparatively little attention to date. The landslide itself was identified and written up by Harrison and Falcon in 1938 is a paper in the Journal …
26 September 2008
The Yigong Rock Avalanche, Tibet
Occasionally I like to take a look back at a significant landslide. Today I thought I’d write about the amazing Yigong rock avalanche in Tibet. The location of the landslide is shown on Figure 1: it’s location is 30°14′ N, 94°59′ E, located high on the Tibetan Plateau. Figure 1: Google Earth image showing the location of the Yigong landslide. Click on the image for a better view. The landslide …
7 August 2008
Mount Adams rock and snow avalanche
The online site Oregon Environmental News has today carried a rather nice article on a new, large, rock and snow avalanche on Mount Adams (Fig. 1) in the Cascade Range in Washington State. Mount Adams is a stratovolcano that has a long history of such events. Many readers will be aware for example of the 31st August 1997 event, which had a volume of about 5 million cubic metres, and …
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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