Tag Archives: landslides

Spooky seismic action at a distance: moderate earthquakes in western US cause submarine landslides in the Gulf of Mexico

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Chris Rowan

This is such a cool study, and such an interesting result! Earthquakes triggering landslides is not a surprise, but surface waves from a magnitude 5.5 earthquake in the Gulf of California triggering a landslide in the Gulf of Mexico (1500 … Continue reading →

Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, paper reviews

2017 in Review

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Chris Rowan

Not much may have made it onto the blog, but it’s been a busy year for both Anne and Chris in 2017. Here’s a brief summary of what we’ve been up to – with pretty pictures where appropriate. Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, bloggery, by Anne, publication, teaching

Flooding around the world

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

Based on information from The Flood Observatory and other news sources, here are some tidbits about on-going and recent flood events around the world. Every one of these floods is having significant local and regional impacts, even if they don’t … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, geohazards, geomorphology, hydrology

Landslides and flooding in Brazil

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

While Australia continues to cope with widespread flooding in Queensland and elsewhere and the death toll continues to rise (at least 20 people), in Brazil landslides and flooding in the past week have claimed at least 700 lives. Yet international … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, geohazards, hydrology