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5 January 2013
Remarkable photos of a collapsing arch in California
Robert Wills has captured an amazing sequence of images of the collapse of a natural arch in a coastal cliff in California
14 December 2012
Images of a railway landslide in the Canadian Rockies
Some images of a spectacular rockslide in western Canada that blocked the CN mainline last month
14 November 2012
A interesting rockslide in Moab, Utah
Some interesting news reports and images of a rockslide near to Moab in Utah, USA
23 October 2012
An interesting rockslide from New York State
A brief report on a rockslide in New York state last week, which closed Route 4 in Washington County, USA
6 June 2012
A fatal rockslide in Switzerland with major economic impacts
On Tuesday a rockslide on the Gotthard railway line in Switzerland killed a worker and injured two others
22 May 2012
The remarkable Preonzo landslide in Switzerland last week
A remarkable landslide occurred in Preonzo, Switerland last week. Fortunately, the main collapse event was captured on video
5 March 2010
New rockslide video: Highway 96 at Klamath River near the Siskiyou-Humboldt county line
Thanks to Kyle House of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology for bringing this one to my attention. A great new video was posted yesterday showing a rockslide onto Highway 96 at Klamath River near the Siskiyou-Humboldt county line in California. The video should be embedded below: http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9836643&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Rock slide on Hwy 96 in Northern California near the Humboldt/Siskiyou County line. from Paul Hailey on Vimeo. Well worth a …
25 November 2009
A follow up to the Tennessee landslide video
A couple of weeks ago I highlighted a new landslide video from Highway 64 in Tennessee, USA. Thanks to the excellent GeoPracNet for highlighting that some aerial imagery is now available from News Channel 9 of the slide: Photo by Dennis Hutcheson The sliding plane was clearly an existing discontinuity sub-parallel to the slope, with movement perhaps being allowed by the cutting of the slope to create the road bench.
11 November 2009
One of the best landslide videos so far!
Many of the landslide videos that I have featured on here have been quite low quality. The one featured below is unusually good. I have updated this to provide the (better) Youtube version: The slide apparently occurred at Polk County in Tennessee, USA, on 10th November 2009. The slide appears to be a rockslide on a discontinuity dipping parallel to the slope. An interesting element of this is the clear …
4 November 2009
The basic physics of landslides is the same everywhere
Whilst landslides come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, the fundamental physics that controls material deformation on slopes is the same everywhere. I was reminded of this truism this week when Andrew Giles pointed out a large rockslide that occurred a few days ago, blocking Interstate 40 at Pigeon Gorge in North Carolina, USA. The Citizen-times.com website has a nice report and images of the slide: The images reminded …
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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