Rock slope failures are source of major hazards in both natural Cordilleran slopes and artificial slopes such as road cuts or mines. Rock slides, falls and avalanches of variable volume pose a threat ...

This research experimentally investigates how rainfall infiltration and earthquake shaking interact to trigger liquefaction and permanent ground deformation in slopes composed of granular soils. While ...

Across the western US, severe wildfires fueled by tinder-dry vegetation have already burned more than 3.2 million hectares (8 million acres) -- an area the size of Maryland -- as of the end of October ...

Four people were killed and one injured in a slope failure in a phosphate mine in Southwest China's Guizhou Province Saturday, local authorities said. The accident occurred at around 4 pm Saturday in ...

A professor at the University of Saskatchewan says a slope that has created a massive sinkhole on Saskatchewan Crescent East comes as no surprise, as slope failures are common in the Saskatchewan ...

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