Video: Fun with Falling Rocks

Missouri S&T (known as UM Rolla a while back) has a number of courses that are available through their YouTube channel.  One such course is their GeoEng 341 course, Engineering Geology and Geotechnics taught by […]

The Sumela Monastery in the Trabzon Province of Turkey dates to about 386 AD. This iconic building of great historical and cultural significance was founded by Greek Orthodox monks but has been an object of […]

A massive rockslide closed a busy interstate route last week near the border between Tennessee and North Carolina in Pigeon River Gorge. This area has had landslide problems in the past. In 1997 a rockslide in the same area closed the freeway for approximately 3 months. (Photo from Landslides Under a Microscope Blog, original source not cited)

I have yet to see volume estimates, but The Charlotte Observer quoted a highway patrol officer who was at the scene:

He said the roadway is covered by a gigantic mound of debris, from pebbles up to house-sized boulders. The pile is 40 to 50 feet high, Williamson estimated, and hundreds of feet long.

More info and video after the break. […]