Landslide Blocks Road in LA, Inconveniences UCLA Hoops Fans
Geologic Hazards
Landslide threatens renowned Australian Sea Cliff Bridge
The picturesque Sea Cliff Bridge South of Sydney, Australia has been built only 7 years and is already threatened by a landslide. Portions of the site have moved 1.5 m since 2006. The Australian Roads […]
Geologic Hazards
Video of a landslide striking and derailing a freight train near Seattle
I think the tile says it all. Check out this amazing video of a train derailed by a ‘small’ landslide. [Source: Landslide Blog]
Geologic Hazards
US 89 Bitter Springs Landslide Video Updates
Since I last posted about this landslide, ADOT has added several videos to their YouTube channel. It’s clear that this highway is going to be closed for the long term. ADOT and their on-call geotechnical consultant tasked with this project, Kleinfelder, are currently drilling boreholes to attempt to characterize the failure surface and determine what the geometry of the failure surface is. They are installing at least 10 inclinometers to try to determine the location of the slip plane or planes at depth and they have two extensometers to measure if any additional movement occurs. They are also performing LIDAR surveys as well. Check out the videos below.
Initial ADOT Video Describing the Failure
Click through for the videos!