Researchers glean new information about the deep origins of a deadly event.
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Watching and Listening for Signs of Slope Failure
Ten years of data preceding a rockfall in the French Alps suggest the need for more comprehensive monitoring systems.
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The evolution of damage in large rock slope failures – the La Praz landslide
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. Large rock slope failures are a very substantial hazard in areas with steep topography, as was recently shown by the catastrophic 24 May 2024 landslide at Kaokalam in Enga province, Papua New […]
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Improved Imaging Offers New Insight into Mount Etna
Anisotropic tomography provides a more complete picture of the Sicilian volcano’s inner workings.
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Seismology Helps Us Understand How Material Flows in Earth’s Deepest Mantle
Recent progress in the analysis of seismic waves enables us to determine where, and sometimes how, the base of the mantle deforms.
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A Seismogenic Shear Zone Diagonal to the Main Himalayan Thrusts
Scientists document active seismic shear along a major lineament of Sikkim Himalaya diagonal to the Main Himalayan Thrusts.
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Detecting landslides using seismic data in Switzerland
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. There has been a very interesting development in the detection of landslides using seismic data. The Swiss Seismological Service (SED), which has a very high quality network that monitors seismic events across […]
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Repeated Coseismic Uplift Above the Patton Bay Splay Fault, Alaska
Stratigraphic and diatom analyses suggest ruptures of the Patton Bay splay fault occurred together with half of the documented great Alaskan megathrust earthquakes during the past 4,200 years.
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Telecom Fibers Are Sensing Earthquake Hazards in Istanbul
A fiber-optic cable below Türkiye’s earthquake-prone metropolis is offering new details about how seismic waves will rattle the city—and demonstrating the potential of a bigger monitoring effort.
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A Million Years Without a Megaslide
A new study goes deep into the Gulf of Alaska to examine the sixth-largest underwater landslide and investigate why a similar event hasn’t happened since.