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19 June 2014
The Devdoraki landslide: a new set of high quality images
Amazing new images have been made available of the Devdoraki landslide, which affected the Dariali Valley in Georgia a month ago
10 June 2014
Ferebee Glacier: another rock avalanche in Alaska
Pilot Drake Olson has identified another rock avalanche in Alaska, this time on the upper reaches of the Ferebee Glacier
1 May 2014
Annapurna plateau: more on the Seti River rock avalanche
I have been asked to provide more detail on why I think the Seti River rock avalanche reached the gully system at the edge of the Annapurna plateau
30 April 2014
The Seti River landslide disaster in Nepal: two years on
The Seti River disaster in May 2012 was caused by a large rock slope collapse from the Annapurna massif. What have we learnt since the initial analyses on this blog?
16 April 2014
Arroumd – an interesting rock avalanche in Morocco
In a new paper, Hughes et al. (2014) have shown that there is a the remains of a large rock avalanche at Arroumd in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Dating suggests that this might have been triggered by an earrthquake on a nearby fault about 4500 years ago.
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
13 March 2014
The Mount La Perouse landslide: new images
Marten Geertsema has kindly made a set of images of the Mount La Perouse landslide available. These were collected during a field visit last week.
25 February 2014
Mount La Perouse rock avalanche: more images
Satellite images and additional photographs are now available of the Mount La Perouse rock avalanche. This is a big landslide – runout distance is >7 km
22 February 2014
Mount La Perouse: Sunday’s rock avalanche in Alaska has been found
Helicopter pilot Drake Olson has found the rock avalanche that occurred in Alaska on Sunday. It is on the flank of Mount La Perouse.
20 February 2014
Breaking news: a very large landslide in Alaska on Sunday
Using seismic data, Colin Stark and colleagues have detected a new, very large landslide in Alaska on Sunday. At about 68 million tonnes, this may have been the largest natural landslide since 2010
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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