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Devil’s Slide Tunnel Update and First Attempts to Tame the Landslide

July 1, 2009 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Devil’s Slide Tunnel Update and First Attempts to Tame the Landslide
Ocean Shore Railroad Tracks at the Devil's Slide in the early 1900s.

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Jury clears Lake Oswego man in landslide that destroyed downhill neighbor’s home

July 9, 2010 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Jury clears Lake Oswego man in landslide that destroyed downhill neighbor’s home

The downhill neighbors were suing the uphill neighbor for $2.5M, claiming he ‘girdled and removed trees in the area and redirected stormwater that contributed to the landslide’ which demolished their million dollar dream home. But […]

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Landslide Caused Pipeline Explosion on Leach Xpress Line

August 15, 2018 rockman Failures, Geologic Hazards, News Comments Off on Landslide Caused Pipeline Explosion on Leach Xpress Line

A preliminary investigation report notes that “land subsidence” was the cause of a June 7th pipeline explosion near Moundsville, West Virginia, in other words, a landslide.  An 83-foot section of the 36-inch diameter pipeline was […]

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Earthquake-induced landslide in Japan in April 2016
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New Research on Earthquake Induced Landslides

May 17, 2018 rockman Geologic Hazards, Journal Article Reviews, News Comments Off on New Research on Earthquake Induced Landslides

Some new research on the Newmark Displacement Method for earthquake-induced landslides indicates that the method may be on the unconservative side.  The Landslide Blog provides a short summary of the paper by  Li et al. (2018) that was recently […]

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