The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Rockfalls are a key risk to climbers in high mountains, potentially causing injury or even loss of life. We regularly record such events in our fatal landslide research, although I have always […]
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Understanding fatal landslides at global scales
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Over a long period of time, I collected data on landslides that kill people around the world – work that started on a whim but became very interesting. My two most cited […]
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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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The role of potentially erroneous site investigation information in the E6 landslide at Stenungsund in Sweden
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Back in September 2023, I posted about an interesting and very large landslide that had destroyed a section of a key road – the E6 motorway at Stenungsund in Sweden. At that […]
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A new report on landslide activity and scenarios for landslide development at the Nordic Waste facility in Randers, Denmark
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Exactly a month ago, I wrote about the very large waste landslide that had developed a site then owned by Nordic Waste, a company specialising in dealing with contaminated soil. The site in […]
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Precursory deformation for the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. As the clean-up after the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey continues (as it will for many more months), further information is emerging about the events leading up to […]
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First satellite imagery of the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On Friday, the first set of satellite images became available of the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey. This was a very good radar image released by Capella Space […]
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Further videos of the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In the last 24 hours, two new videos have emerged showing the 13 February 2024 landslide at Çöpler Mine in Turkey. Once again, these have been widely posted to social media. The […]
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The 13 February 2024 landslide at the Çöpler Mine in Erzincan province, Turkey
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. At about 2 pm local time on 13 February 2024, a large landslide struck the Çöpler Mine in Erzincan Province, eastern Turkey. The landslide was caught on a remarkable video that has […]
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The 6 February 2024 landslide at Masara in the Philippines
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 6 February 2024, a large landslide struck the mining village of Masara in in Maco town, Davao de Oro in the Philippines. As of the time of writing, it had been […]