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11 February 2015
Val Parghera:- A fascinating stop motion video of a large rockslide
The Geopraevent team has posted a very interesting stop motion video showing movement of the Val Parghera rockslide in Switzerland over an 18 month period
7 November 2014
A roundup of recent landslide events
An roundup of recent landslides, including an update on the Mannen landslide in Norway, a fatal landslide in Switzerland and a rockslide in Canada that has left a train driver missing
21 March 2014
The Randa rockslide – a spectacular new video
A new video has appeared on Youtube showing the April 1991 rockslide at Randa in Switzerland
4 December 2013
Landslides in Art Part 20: A cannonade on the Matterhorn 1862
Part 20 of the Landslides in Art series features an engraving of a rockfall by Edward Whymper
10 June 2013
A new landslide video showing the transition from a soil slump to a soil slide
Recent heavy rainfall in Norway caused extensive landslides. This video captures the transition from a soil slump to a rapid flow event.
23 May 2013
A wonderful new progressive failure rockslide video
A new video has appeared that shows a large progressive rockslide in action. It was taken at the town of Riddes in Switzerland in Friday
23 November 2012
Boulders!
Three examples of boulders on the move in the last ten days or so, one from the UK and two from Switzerland
30 October 2012
New paper: a historic landslide-induced tsunami in Lake Geneva
A new paper by Kremer et al. (2012) documents a landslide induced tsunami in Lake Geneva in AD563. The modelled wave was 8 km high when it inundated the city.
7 July 2012
An astonishing flash flood video from Steffisburg in Switzerland
Heavy rainfall caused a flash flood in Steffisberg in Switzerland on Thursday. The event was caught on video
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
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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