{"id":34567,"date":"2020-07-07T06:42:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T06:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=34567"},"modified":"2020-07-07T06:42:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T06:42:35","slug":"erzincan-mudflow-video-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2020\/07\/07\/erzincan-mudflow-video-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Erzincan: a very interesting mudflow in \u00dcz\u00fcml\u00fc, eastern Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Erzincan: a very interesting mudflow in \u00dcz\u00fcml\u00fc, eastern Turkey<\/h4>\n<p>On 2 July 2020 a large and interesting mudflow occurred at G\u00fcnebakan in the Erzincan area of eastern Turkey.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/tr\/pg\/foto-galeri\/-erzincandaki-selin-ardindan-ekiplerin-bolgedeki-calismalari-suruyor\/0\"> The Turkish news site AA has an image of the aftermath of the landslide<\/a>:-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34570\" style=\"width: 809px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34570\" class=\" wp-image-34570\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/07\/20_07-Turkey-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Erzincan landslide\" width=\"799\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/07\/20_07-Turkey-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/07\/20_07-Turkey-1-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/07\/20_07-Turkey-1-1024x530.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/07\/20_07-Turkey-1-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/07\/20_07-Turkey-1-1536x795.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/07\/20_07-Turkey-1-2048x1060.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The aftermath of the mudflow at G\u00fcnebakan in the Erzincan area of eastern Turkey in July 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/tr\/pg\/foto-galeri\/-erzincandaki-selin-ardindan-ekiplerin-bolgedeki-calismalari-suruyor\/0\">Image via AA<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>The landslide reportedly destroyed two houses and a number of stables, as well as killing some livestock.\u00a0 Fortunately no-one was killed.<\/p>\n<p>The most interesting aspect of this landslide is that the latter phases of it were captures on a video that has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ORu8qXNfHPo&amp;feature=emb_logo\">uploaded to Youtube by the Turkish news site Erzincan Haber<\/a> :-<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Erzincan\u2019da felaketin e\u015fi\u011finden d\u00f6n\u00fcld\u00fc\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ORu8qXNfHPo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>This video gets really interesting at about 26 seconds, when a small flow is captured travelling down the channel.\u00a0 At about 40 seconds it becomes fascinating as a much larger flow enters the system and propagates through the mud.\u00a0 The video captures really well the complex flow properties of these materials &#8211; initially the wave travels over the top of the existing deposit, but later on it becomes a waves that travels through the deposit.\u00a0 It&#8217;s very interesting behaviour that will provide insight for the landslide modelling community.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Tolga <span class=\"qu\" role=\"gridcell\"><span class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-id=\"tgorum@itu.edu.tr\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"141\">G\u00f6r\u00fcm for highlighting this one to me.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h4>Quickslide 1: Lidar data of the Old Fort landslide<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prrd.wistia.com\/medias\/8m7eaaf2zb\">An excellent presentation of the new Lidar data from the Old Fort landslide has been posted online by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure<\/a>.\u00a0 Thanks to Susan <span class=\"qu\" role=\"gridcell\"><span class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-id=\"sfdesandoli@yahoo.ca\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"141\">DeSandoli, who is kindly keeping me updated about this interesting landslide.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h4>Quickslide 2: The rising toll from the heavy rains in Japan<\/h4>\n<p>The ongoing spell of the exceptional rainfall in Japan continues to generate extensive landslides and widespread flooding.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/uk-japan-floods\/japan-floods-mudslides-kill-at-least-44-as-streets-turn-to-rivers-idUKKBN24709W\">Reuters reports that 44 people have now been killed and a further ten people are missing<\/a>.\u00a0 The rainfall is steadily moving eastwards and is likely to last until at least Wednesday.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 2 July 2020 a large and interesting mudflow occurred at G\u00fcnebakan in the Erzincan area of eastern Turkey.  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