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This is one of the most impressive debris flows that you will ever see. About one minute into the video you will see people on the opposite side of the stream start to run when they see what is coming at them!
Tags: africa, canada, europe, florida, geology, geophysics, landslides, mexico, michigan, pakistan, pennsylvania, united-states, washingtonYosemite Valley is a deep, glacier-carved valley bounded by steep granite cliffs. These steep cliffs produce numerous rock falls and rock slides every year. The falls can be massive, involving millions of cubic meters and the results can be fatal. Related: Photo sequence of a spectacular rock fall in Yosemite by Herb Dunn.
Tags: ads-by-google, california, energy, europe, Geology.com, landslides, massachusetts, mexico, natural hazards, oregon, south-carolina, united-states, washingtonDave Petley has posted four detailed images with commentary of the Meager Creek Landslide that occurred on Friday in British Columbia, Canada.
Tags: ads-by-google, archaeology, canada, earthquakes, geology-news, landslide, landslides, massachusetts, united-states, virginia, washingtonDave’s Landslide Blog has a Chinese language video and English commentary about the recent landslides that have occurred in China.
Tags: geology, landslides, marcellus-shale, petley, slide, united-states, virginiaLiDAR, Light Detection And Ranging technology, is finding more and more uses in geology. A symposium on October 31 at the 2010 GSA annual meeting will “explore the application of airborne and terrestrial LiDAR to paleoseismology, neotectonics, salt marsh ecology, lava flow morphology, post-fire slope processes, engineering geology, rockfalls and debris flows, geologic mapping,
Tags: ads-by-google, africa, coastal geology, earthquakes, engineering geology, Geology.com, geophysics, Jobs, landslides, maps, massachusetts, michigan, pennsylvania, virginiaA rockfall on Interstate 70 between Glenwood Springs and Dotsero, Colorado left large boulders scattered over the highway and severely damaged the pavement. The largest rock weighed an estimated 66 tons. No injuries were reported.
Tags: africa, america, canada, europe, geology-news, Geology.com, landslides, marcellus-shale, pennsylvaniaDave Petley has been covering the recent large landslides in Brazil with several posts on his blog starting on December 31.
Tags: ads-by-google, africa, brazil, canada, europe, geology-news, Geology.com, landslides, marcellus-shale, michigan, oregon, petley, south america, united-statesA Google map of tsunami evacuation zones for the Oregon coast allows anyone to determine if they live or work in an area where special actions should be taken in the event of a strong earthquake. The website also provides tsunami safety advice for people who are in boats or buildings when a tsunami might
Tags: ads-by-google, canada, earth sciences, Geology.com, landslides, maps, massachusetts, michigan, oregon, pennsylvania, virginiaUSGS, NOAA and other organizations developed a prototype debris flow warning system using weather forecasts and precipitation measurements along with regional USGS rainfall rate thresholds to determine the probability of debris flows.
Tags: africa, california, earth sciences, europe, florida, landslides, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, michigan, natural hazards, pennsylvania, united-states, virginia, washington, wildlifeThe Department of Planning and Development says that Seattle has about 30 landslides each year and that the landslide season there begins on November 1. This article explores the landslide problem in the city and gives mitigation advice.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/Nmnt4L0_9o4″ height=”1″ width=”1″/
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