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24 May 2013
A round-up of recent landslide incidents, including two American children tragically killed by a mudslide whilst collecting fossils
News of landslides from the USA, Canada and Hong Kong, and about the role of landslides in the Day of Judgement
17 May 2013
Was the Bingham Canyon landslide the largest historic non-volcanic landslip in North America?
A review of the Bingham Canyon landslide – was it the largest ever historic, non-volcanic landslide in N. America?
14 May 2013
How to escape a landslide
In Alaska on Sunday a couple survived a landslide by outrunning it. It is extremely rare to survive a landslide in this way
6 May 2013
Analysing the Bingham Canyon mine landslide part 2: the landslide track
The second part of my three-part posting analysing the Bingham Canyon landslide using images provided by Kennecott Utah
30 April 2013
Analysing the Bingham Canyon mine landslide part 1: the landslide source area
Part one of a three part series of posts looking in detail at the Bingham Canyon mine landslide in Utah
26 April 2013
An update on the Bingham Canyon mine landslide
Kennecott allowed the media to visit the mine to see the landslide yesterday, and provided an update on their work
23 April 2013
New landslide videos and resources
A round up post of some new landslide videos and other resources
12 April 2013
The unusually large Bingham Canyon Mine landslide – an impressive example of prediction using monitoring
Initial information, and some fantastic images, are now available of the Bingham Canyon copper mine landslide. This is one of the largest mining-induced landslides of all time.
28 March 2013
A new landslide on Whidbey Island
A landslide occurred yesterday on Whidbey Island, USA. This post provides a brief overview of the event. Surprisingly little of the cliff top has been lost to date despite the size of the landslide
22 February 2013
The Bitter Springs landslide in Arizona, USA
A large reactivated landslide has blocked US89 at Bitter Springs in Arizona, USA. This has been comprehensively described in a number of brilliant posts in the Geoblogosphere
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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