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Using satellite imagery (shown above) to study the effects of a 2019 landslide on the Amalia Glacier in Patagonia, a University of Minnesota-led research team found the landslide helped stabilize the glacier and caused it to grow by about 1,000 meters over the last three years. Photo credit: Max Van Wyk de Vries

Landslides can have a major impact on glacier melt and movement

Geology Page - May 6, 2022

Scientists identified flank instability at Pacaya, an active volcano in Guatemala. Credit: Kirsten Stephens/Penn State

Scientists identify flank instability at a volcano with history of collapse

The figure shows a portion of the Mafia mega-slide imaged by a time-slice extracted from 3-D seismic reflection data (coherence attribute). Credit: Data courtesy of Royal Dutch Shell

Evidence from one of Earth’s biggest underwater landslides ever sheds light on East African rifting

The March 22, 2014 SR530 landslide near Oso, Washington

New study of the 2014 Oso landslide

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Minerals in mountain rivers tell the story of landslide activity upstream

Landslides after earthquake

Geology Page - August 25, 2015

Landslides Triggered by Nepal Earthquakes

Geology Page - August 5, 2015

Large landslides lie low: Himalaya-Karakoram ranges

Geology Page - May 9, 2015

Erosion, landslides and monsoon across the Himalayas

Geology Page - April 30, 2015

Landslides, mudslides likely to remain a significant threat in Nepal for...

Geology Page - April 29, 2015

Landslide

Geology Page - April 6, 2015

Controls on Fluvial Evacuation of Sediment from Earthquake-triggered Landslides

Geology Page - February 12, 2015

New model illustrates similarities between landslides and earthquakes

Geology Page - January 17, 2015

World’s largest landslide?

Geology Page - November 30, 2014

New technology may speed up, build awareness of landslide risks

Geology Page - November 20, 2014

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