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
View ArticleFauquier golf course – an interesting large-scale slump
An interesting and quite large slmup has developed on the golf course of the small community of Fauquier in Britsih Columbia, Canada in recent days
View ArticleFauquier Golf Course – the evolution of a landslide
The Fauquier Golf Course landslide is picked up very clearly in two Google Earth images, one of which dates back ten years, suggesting that last week's large slumping event has been developing over a...
View ArticleThe Pemberton Portage Road landslide in British Columbia, Canada
The Pemberton Portage Road landslide was a channelised debris flow, triggered by heavy rain, that destroyed a house in Birken, BC, Canada on Sunday
View ArticleFirst announcement: a giant rock avalanche on the flanks of Mount Steele in...
I can reveal here for the first time that last week a giant rock avalanche was detected by Colin Stark and Goram Ekstrom on the flanks of Mount Steele in the Yukon, Canada
View ArticleThe Mount Steele rock avalanche: more details from the seismic data
Further analysis of the Mount Steele rock avalanche in the Yukon of Canada shows that the landslide had a volume of about 20 million cubic metres
View ArticleFort McPherson: a catastrophic mudflow in Canada
In the summer a permafrost mudslide caused the partial breach, caught on video, of a small lake near Fort McPherson in Canada.
View ArticleFirst news of a rock avalanche on Mount James Turner yesterday
Drew Brayshaw has tweeted images of a dramatic large rock avalanche that occurred on the flanks of Mount James Turner yesterday
View ArticleThe 29th March 2016 Renfrew County landslide near to Ottawa, Canada
On 29th March 2016 the Renfrew County landslide occurred on the banks of the Bonnechere River near to Ottawa. This is a large (10 hectare) landslip.
View ArticleSt-Luc-de-Vincennes: a spectacular quick clay (?) slide in Quebec
A spectacular and dramatic landslide at St-Luc-de-Vincennes in Quebec, Canada yesterday has the hallmarks of a quick clay slide
View ArticleThe Mitchell Creek landslide in British Columbia, Canada
In a paper just published, Clayton et al. (2017) describe the Mitchell Creek landslide, a very large rockslide in Canada triggered by glacial debuttressing
View ArticleHappy 150th Canada! Here is My Birthday Gift For You
I’ve been lucky enough to stand on all three of Canada’s coasts, from the Arctic shores of Nunavut to the rocky Pacific beaches of B.C., and the windswept beaches of Nova Scotia. I’ve stood on a...
View ArticleCanada’s Science Literacy Week and National Science Reading Day
A week-long celebration of science in Canada, September 18-24, 2017
View ArticleThe first submarine sackungen: a new paper
A paper just published in Geo-Marine Letters, Conway and Barrie 2018 - describes a new landslide type - the submarine sackungen - observed in the flanks of Douglas Channel in British Columbia The post...
View ArticleJoffre Peak: a significant rock avalanche in Canada
On Monday morning at 07:41 am local time, a significant rock avalanche occurred at Joffre Peak in British Columbia in Canada The post Joffre Peak: a significant rock avalanche in Canada appeared first...
View ArticleAnother, probably even larger, rock avalanche on Joffre Peak
Yesterday a second, probably even larger, rock avalanche occurred on Joffre Peak in British Columbia in Canada, following the first event on Sunday. The post Another, probably even larger, rock...
View ArticleThe Joffre Peak rock avalanches: new images
Good satellite and aerial imagery is now appearing showing the extent of the Joffre Peak rock avalanches in Canada last week The post The Joffre Peak rock avalanches: new images appeared first on AGU...
View ArticleJoffre Peak: precursory movements and the role of temperature
The first Joffre Peak landslide was probably associated with high Spring temperatures, but the slope also showed signs of distress before the collapse. The post Joffre Peak: precursory movements and...
View ArticleHigh resolution Planet Labs SkySat image of the Joffre Peak landslides
A high resolution Planet Labs SkySat image of the Joffre Peak landslides has been captured, shedding light on the velocity of the flows. The post High resolution Planet Labs SkySat image of the Joffre...
View Article90 years after the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: the hazards of submarine...
On the 90th anniversary of the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake and tsunami, a new study suggests that tsunamigenic submarine landslides may be more common than we thought The post 90 years after the 1929...
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