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6 November 2014
Review of a paper: the role of earthquakes and climate change in generating landslides in Peru
A new paper suggests that in Peru periods of high landslide activity may be associated with earthquakes rather than El Nino induced periods of high precipitation.
12 September 2012
Landslides and the red Yangtze River
The Yangtze River has changed colour – suddenly becoming red – in the city of Chongqing. The likely cause is landslides associated with heavy rainfall in the catchment, although exactly where this occurred is not clear.
20 January 2009
Earthquakes, landslide disasters and the collapse of civilisations
There is a very interesting paper being published next week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Dan Sandweiss, Ruth Shady, Mike Moseley, Dave Keefer and Charles Ortloff. This paper, which is reported in a long press release from the University of Florida, combines archaeology, geology and geomorphology to look at the collapse of the Supe civilisation in Peru, which survived for a couple of millennia in …
11 January 2009
Costa Rica earthquake – landslides have proven to be a major threat
News continues to flow in regarding the impact of the earthquake in Costa Rica. It is increasingly evident that landslides have probably been the major problem, which is unsurprising given the topography and soils. The landslides have clearly caused substantial loss of life and are also hampering rescue operations. The Washington Post is reporting, quite rightly, that there are now concerns about the stability of the slopes in the affected …
7 January 2009
An update on landslides in Beichuan
At the time of the Wenchuan earthquake I posted on numerous occasions about the landslides around the town of Beichuan. One of the concerns has always been the likely behaviour of the landslides during heavy rainfall events. As part of the forthcoming Sinorock 2009 conference in Hong Kong there will be a tour to the earthquake-affected area to look at and discuss the landslides. The organisers have put together a …
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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