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Landslide expert Earl Brabb has died

The renowned landslide geologist Earl Brabb, who worked for the USGS for 40 years, has recently died.

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An interesting rockslide from New York State

A brief report on a rockslide in New York state last week, which closed Route 4 in Washington County, USA

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Landslides in Art Part 16 – Dan Holdsworth Part 1

The latest installment of the landslides in art series, featuring the work of photographer Dan Holdsworth

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A interesting rockslide in Moab, Utah

Some interesting news reports and images of a rockslide near to Moab in Utah, USA

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Unbelievable – a video of a landslide striking and derailing a freight train...

On Monday a landslide derailed a freight train Everett, near Seattle in Washington State, USA. The landslide was caught on a remarkable video

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Four landslide videos for Christmas

Four interesting new landslide videos, two from the USA, one from China and one from the UK

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An interesting landslide in the Great Smoky Mountains

Images of an interesting landslide in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina

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A round up of just a few of the recent landslide events

In the last few weeks there has been an unusual amount of landslide activity worldwide.  This is just a few of the more interesting events, there are many more that I’ll try to cover in the next few...

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Landslide oddities number 1: arresting a felon

On Saturday a man stole a car in Brookings, Oregon. The police chase was ended when he crashed into a landslip blocking a minor road. He is now facing a landslide of criminal charges.

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The Bitter Springs landslide in Arizona, USA

A large reactivated landslide has blocked US89 at Bitter Springs in Arizona, USA. This has been comprehensively described in a number of brilliant posts in the Geoblogosphere

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A new landslide on Whidbey Island

A landslide occurred yesterday on Whidbey Island, USA. This post provides a brief overview of the event. Surprisingly little of the cliff top has been lost to date despite the size of the landslide

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The unusually large Bingham Canyon Mine landslide – an impressive example of...

Initial information, and some fantastic images, are now available of the Bingham Canyon copper mine landslide. This is one of the largest mining-induced landslides of all time.

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New landslide videos and resources

A round up post of some new landslide videos and other resources

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An update on the Bingham Canyon mine landslide

Kennecott allowed the media to visit the mine to see the landslide yesterday, and provided an update on their work

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Analysing the Bingham Canyon mine landslide part 1: the landslide source area

Part one of a three part series of posts looking in detail at the Bingham Canyon mine landslide in Utah

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Analysing the Bingham Canyon mine landslide part 2: the landslide track

The second part of my three-part posting analysing the Bingham Canyon landslide using images provided by Kennecott Utah

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How to escape a landslide

In Alaska on Sunday a couple survived a landslide by outrunning it. It is extremely rare to survive a landslide in this way

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Was the Bingham Canyon landslide the largest historic non-volcanic landslip...

A review of the Bingham Canyon landslide - was it the largest ever historic, non-volcanic landslide in N. America?

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A round-up of recent landslide incidents, including two American children...

News of landslides from the USA, Canada and Hong Kong, and about the role of landslides in the Day of Judgement

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NASA Imagery of the Bingham Canyon landslide

NASA have collected an excellent satellite image of the Bingham Canyon landslide in Utah, USA

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