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Reactivating ancient landslides through reservoir construction – the Hoseynabad-e Kalpush landslide in Iran

The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. A known potential issue with the construction of reservoirs is the reactivation of ancient landslides that have lain dormant in the landscape. There are literally hundreds of documented examples, but as dam […]

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Elders Recall an Earlier Tsunami on Indian Ocean Shores

Legacies of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami include recent interviews with lucid eyewitnesses to an obscure disaster in 1945. The accounts attest to coastal hazards in Oman, Iran, Pakistan, and India.