Recent advances in geophysical and geotechnical investigation have improved our understanding of the formation, distribution and triggering mechanisms of quick-clay landslides. By integrating ...

Spokeswoman Toril Hofshagen from the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate called the landslide unique in its destruction. "Not since 1893 has there been a quick clay landslide of this ...

thick. During the three minutes of the quake’s violent up-and-down jolting, he concluded, some of the quick clay under Anchorage turned into liquid, triggering the damaging landslides that ...

A spokesperson for Norway’s Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), Laila Hoivik, told AFP that the landslide was a “quick clay slide” that measured about 300m by 700m (985ft by 2 ...

According to data on the Quebec government website, around 100 landslides and incidents of unstable ground are reported to municipal authorities each year. They occur more often in clay soil and ...