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<p>Landslide forecasting and early warning has a long tradition in landslide research and is primarily carried out based on empirical and statistical approaches, e.g., landslide triggering rainfall thresholds. In the last decade, flood forecasting started ...
Reference: Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 2183–2202, 2018
<p>In Kuala Lumpur to date, there is little evidence to support landslide causes and very little research into the nature of landslide vulnerability. This article takes an interdisciplinary method and empirical approaches to examine, in addition where ...
Reference: GEOGRAFIA Online, Malaysian Journal of Society and Space 13 issue 2 (1-12)
<p>Targeted at a slope in Nanhuan Road, Fuxin, Northeast China, this paper explores the cause and failure mechanism of landslide through site survey, surface displacement monitoring, inclinometer measurement, and limit equilibrium analysis. It is concluded ...
Reference: AMSE JOURNALS-AMSE IIETA publication-2017-Series: Modelling B; Vol. 86; N°2; pp 484-501
<p>The objective of this study is to develop a methodology for quantifying rainfall-induced landslide susceptibility in a regional scale. Based on the combination of mechanical stability analysis and artificial neural network (ANN) and of Geographic Information ...
Reference: Natural Hazards Earth System Sciences Discussion., doi:10.5194/nhess-2017-99, 2017
<p>Using a dataset of preexisting mapped landslides, we create two maps that provide a firstorder approximation of rockfall susceptibility for the state of New Mexico. In natural hazard assessments, the term 'susceptibility' is used to describe the natural ...
Filed under: Rock Mechanics -  Rock Falls
Reference: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Open-file Report 595
<p>This paper presents an integrated data management system which was developed over a number of years as well as the advantages through a specific application. The presented case study illustrates how the high production slopes of a mine that exceed depths ...
Reference: Open Geosci. 2016; 8:694–699
<p>Thin coastal dykes typically found in developing countries may suddenly collapse due to rapid land subsidence, material ageing, sea-level rise, high wave attack, earthquakes, landslides, or a collision with vessels. Such a failure could trigger dam-break ...
Reference: Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 16, 1629–1638, 2016
<p>In recent times the natural hazards in India &amp; all around the world are increasing day by day. Many of the hazards are happening due do man made activities. One such example of man -made hazard is landslide. One such landslide which came under news ...
Reference: Global Journal Of Engineering Science And Researches 2016
<p>Mining exploration is widely spread throughout Kazakhstan and it is an important part of the country&rsquo;s economy. However, mining can create landslides, as well as both surface and groundwater pollution.<br />The purpose of this research is to model ...
Filed under: Geology -  Hydrogeology
Reference: Journal of Environmental Hydrology, Volume 23, Paper 9, September 2015
<p>Flow-like landslides are rapidly moving fluid&ndash;solid mixtures that can cause significant destruction along paths that run far from their original sources. Existing models for run out prediction and motion simulation of flow-like landslides have many ...
Reference: Geophys. J. Int. (2015) 201, 1534–1544, GJI Geodynamics and tectonics
Software by  USGS
<p>SLAMMER is a Java program that facilitates performing a variety of sliding-block analyses to evaluate seismic slope performance. Functionalities include both rigorous and simplified analyses of rigid sliding blocks (i.e. Newmark analysis) and flexible sliding ...
Software by  eqorisQ
<p>Slidefor<sup>NET</sup> is an online tool that estimates the degree of protection of a forest regarding shallow landsliding given the defined slope and forest conditions. It is based on a slope stability analysis that accounts for lateral reiforcement of ...
Software by  GeoStru Software
<p>This program carries out the analysis of soil or rock slope stability both in static and seismic states utilizing the limit equilibrium methods of Fellenius, Bishop, Janbu, Bell, Sarma, Spencer, Morgenstern &amp; Price and Discrete elements method (DEM) ...
<p>The OMNIAlog has been designed “in house” by Sisgeo and is the result of over 25 years experience using different datalogger in geotechnical field.<br>OMNIAlog is a versatile, cost effective and low powered datalogger supporting vibrating wire and all major ...
Filed under: Monitoring -  Datalogger
The Torshear machine is dedicated to the determination of the residual shear strength. The residual shear strength of soils is sometimes also termed the ultimate shear strength. This is the strength of soil when it is sheared to large displacements, for example ...
The Dynamic Back Pressured Shearbox (GDSBPS) is used for static and dynamic direct shear testing on soil specimens with control of sample pore pressures. The control of pore pressure during direct shear testing allows real-world situations to be modelled in ...
<p>2D monitoring for movements and displacements<br /><br />The IBIS-FL interferometric radar is a highly innovative technology for 2D monitoring of displacements and movements in slopes and structures. Required to prevent or forecast natural disasters that ...
The Model 4427 Long Range Displacement Meter is ideally suited for the measurement of large displacements associated with landslides. The Model 4427 can also be used for monitoring the movement of boulders, snow, etc., on unstable slopes.<br><br><b>Specifications</b>:<br>Standard ...
The saturated GDS Back Pressured Shearbox (GDSBPS) is used for direct shear testing on soil specimens with control of sample pore pressures. Two versions of the GDS back pressured shearbox exist (Saturated and Unsaturated). Both versions allow the pore pressures ...
<p>The Track Monitoring System is intended for monitoring settlement and twist of railroad tracks which may be affected by nearby construction activity, such as tunnelling or adjacent excavation, or which are located near hazardous zones such as potential ...
<p>Vibrating wire piezometers are absolute pressure transducers aimed to measure soil pore pressure. Applications include control of over-pressure in silt and clay soils, measurement of permeability and hydraulic gradients in dams and water pressure evaluation ...
<p>Wire crackmeter allows to monitor the changes in the distance between two anchor points located up to 30 m apart.<br>Typical applications include measurements of large displacement associated with landslides, monitoring of rock-masses, mansonry cracks and ...
ekathimerini-com   16 March 2023   Greece   Zakynthos  
<p>Authorities on the Ionian island of Zakynthos have decided to keep Navagio beach, a popular tourist destination famous for its signature shipwreck, closed to tourists this summer, for fear of landslides. <br />The decision to prohibit access to the Navagio ...
Sci Tech Daily   15 December 2022   World  
<p>According to research, climate change will have a severe effect on mountain landscapes and human activities, increasing the likelihood of avalanches, river floods, landslides, debris flows, and lake outburst floods.<br />Mountain landscapes all over the ...
BBC NEWS   05 December 2022   Colombia   Risaralda  
<p>A landslide on a road in the province of Risaralda in western Colombia has killed at least 27 people, the country's president has announced.<br />A bus full of passengers was among several vehicles buried under mud and rocks, which tumbled down a hillside ...
social news xyz   31 October 2022   Greece   Crete  
<p>(31 Oct 2022) A foreign tourist died on Sunday after a landslide at a hotel in Crete. (Oct. 31)</p>
France24   03 October 2021   Oman  
<p>Two people were killed by a landslide and a child died in flash flooding as Tropical Cyclone Shaheen pummelled Oman, authorities said Sunday.<br />Flights were suspended and schools closed as the storm, with wind speeds up to 139 kilometres (86 miles) an ...
Zee News   01 October 2021   India   Shimla  
<p>New Delhi: A multi-storey building collapsed in Shimla on Thursday (September 30, 2021) evening due to a landslide triggered by recent rains, a senior official said. <br />The State Disaster Management Director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said that the incident ...
BBC NEWS   25 July 2021   India   Himachal Pradesh  
<p>Nine tourists have been killed in northern India after the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by falling boulders.<br>Three others were reportedly injured in the incident, which happened in the state of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.<br>Dramatic footage ...
The Guardian   05 July 2021   Japan   Tokyo  
<p>Officials in Japan have dramatically raised their estimate of the number of people still missing after a mudslide ripped through a seaside town at the weekend.<br />Reports said three people had died in the disaster, which occurred after days of torrential ...
Metro   14 April 2021   UK   Jurassic Coast  
<p>A major landslide has seen 4,000 tonnes of rock plunge down onto a beach on the Jurassic Coast. Rubble has completely blocked a section of the beach after the 430ft sandstone cliff gave way on Monday night causing boulders the size of cars to plummet near ...
The Print   08 February 2021   India   Uttarakhand  
<p>Coimbatore: International geologists and glaciologists studying satellite imagery say the cause of the Chamoli flooding disaster in Uttarakhand appears to be a landslide and not a glacial outburst as widely believed.<br />The first identification was done ...