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Video Source: Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Video: Rockslide on U.S. Highway 64 in Tennessee
Geologic Hazards
Swiss halt search for landslide victims as more rockfalls expected
Swiss officials announced over the weekend that they would halt search operations for 8 missing hikers after a massive landslide near the small village of Bondo, Switzerland. Geologists toured the source area by helicopter and […]
Available Resources
Utah Releases Landslide Susceptibility Map
The Utah Geologic Survey has released a "Landslide Susceptibility Map of Utah". They apparently relied quite heavily on GIS based thresholding of existing slope angles but only after they had statistically analyzed failure angles for particular geologic units. So it sounds like they throw the known landslides, the geologic map of Utah and a DEM into the GIS a blend it all up. Perhaps a slight oversimplification!
Regional
Maine Geological Survey Asks for Help With Landslides
The Maine Geological Survey has posted an online questionnaire asking the public to help locate and inventory landslides that have occurred in the last 20 years. The questions include location information, damage estimates, and even […]
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Thank you in advance for your quick answer !. Very nice post.