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A landslide deposit obstructing a lava lake in the north crater of Mount Yasur on Tanna Island, Vanuatu

A volcanic landslide or volcanogenic landslide is a type of mass wasting that takes place at volcanoes.

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Volcanic landslide

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A volcanic landslide or volcanogenic landslide is a type of mass wasting that takes place at volcanoes. All volcanic edifices are susceptible to landslides...

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2010 Mount Meager landslide

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The 2010 Mount Meager landslide was a large catastrophic debris avalanche that occurred in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, on August 6 at 3:27...

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Landslide dam

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A landslide dam or barrier lake is the natural damming of a river by some kind of landslide, such as a debris flow, rock avalanche or volcanic eruption...

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Landslide

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produce a landslide; volcanic eruptions; changes in pore fluid composition; changes in temperature (seasonal or induced by climate change). Landslides are aggravated...

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Hilina Slump

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Hawaiʻi, is the most notable of several landslides that ring each of the Hawaiian Islands. These landslides are the means by which material deposited...

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Volcanic island

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water's surface Submarine landslide – Landslides that transport sediment across the continental shelf and into the deep ocean Volcanic arc – Chain of volcanoes...

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List of landslides

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This list of landslides is a list of notable landslides and mudflows divided into sections by date and type. This list is very incomplete as there is no...

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Mount Meager massif

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Garibaldi Volcanic Belt (GVB) has a long history of eruptions and poses a threat to the surrounding region. Any volcanic hazard ranging from landslides to eruptions...

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List of natural disasters by death toll

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A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc. To be classified as a disaster, it must have...

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Submarine landslide

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viii) volcanic island growth, and ix) oversteepening. The presence of weak geological layers is a factor which contributes to submarine landslides at all...

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1792 Unzen landslide and tsunami

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The 1792 Unzen landslide and tsunami resulted from the volcanic activities of Mount Unzen (in the Shimabara Peninsula of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan) on...

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Landslide classification

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that are formed as a consequence of volcanic activity. Essentially, there are two main types of volcanic landslide: lahars and debris avalanches, the largest...

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Prediction of volcanic activity

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Prediction of volcanic activity, and volcanic eruption forecasting, is an interdisciplinary monitoring and research effort to predict the time and severity...

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Bingham Canyon Mine

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largest historic non-volcanic landslide in North America. On the basis that the mine's steep walls made it a high risk for landslides, an interferometric...

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1975 Devastation Glacier landslide

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The 1975 Devastation Glacier landslide was a massive rock avalanche that originated from Devastation Glacier on the southern flank of the Mount Meager...

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Pseudotachylyte

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pseudotachylyte. Some notable examples of landslide-generated pseudotachylyte in the geologic record is the Arequipa volcanic landslide deposit in Peru from approximately...

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Megatsunami

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falls into water or anywhere near water (such as via a landslide, meteor impact, or volcanic eruption). They can have extremely large initial wave heights...

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Types of volcanic eruptions

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Several types of volcanic eruptions—during which material is expelled from a volcanic vent or fissure—have been distinguished by volcanologists. These...

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Harry Glicken

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With his group, Glicken compiled a landmark study in the field of volcanic landslides, establishing the principle that tall volcanoes have a tendency to...

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Cascade Volcanoes

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was a greater knowledge of the influence of landslides and volcanic development in the evolution of volcanic terrain. A vast piece on the north side of...

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Garibaldi Volcanic Belt

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The Garibaldi Volcanic Belt is a northwest–southeast trending volcanic chain in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains that extends from Watts Point...

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List of volcanic eruptions in the 21st century

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This is a list of volcanic eruptions in the 21st century with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 4 or higher, and smaller eruptions that resulted in...

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Lahar

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are triggered by primary volcanic activity. 'Secondary' or 'post-eruptive' lahars occur in the absence of primary volcanic activity, e.g. as a result...

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Tsunami

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ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations, landslides, glacier calvings, meteorite impacts...

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