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27 August 2008
The influence of the summer monsoon on fatal landslides in Asia
I am currently putting together a keynote paper for the forthcoming International Conference on Slopes, which is being held in Malaysia in November. I have been looking at the occurrence of fatal landslides in Asia, using the Durham Landslide Database as the source of data. I have plotted the number of fatal landslides by month for 2002-2007 for three areas – South Asia (i.e. the Indian subcontinent), East Asia (which …
25 April 2008
Updated: 25th April: The Kaiapit Landslide, Papua New Guinea, 1988
Update: Mark Drechsler has provided some images of the Kaiapit landslide, which are now integrated into the text below. Thanks to Mark for this – it is much appreciated. All images copyright of Mark Drechsler. In addition, I have placed a copy of the Drechsler et al (1989) paper on the International Landslide Centre website here. It provides a fascinating level of detail about the slide. I recommend this paper …
16 December 2007
Vietnam landslide
There are newswire reports of a nasty landslide in central Vietnam. The reports suggest that this was a rockslide in the morning of 15th December in Tuong Duong district of central Nghe An province triggered by quarrying as part of a hydroelectric powerplant scheme. The number of workers buried is 18. Looking at the picture available here there is little chance of any survivors. The unfortunate victims appear to all …
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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