10 March 2027 12:00 - 13:00 Virtual
10 March 2027 | 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual
This session covers a selection of the many landslide types encountered in the UK, and their distribution in Great Britain, related to such factors as the underlying geology, present erosion in places such as the coast, past erosion such as glaciation leaving valley sides in an unstable state, and sometimes the result of unwise engineering or building works.
While the UK is not as susceptible to major, disastrous, landslides as are some countries, it does have its 'fair share' of the phenomenon, and being a densely populated country, the occurrence of a landslide can range from the merely inconvenient, to the life-changing, incident. The lecture will describe some notable incidents, and point out that the study of UK landslides and failures in earthworks has informed engineering geology practice in many other parts of the world.
While landslides that cause fatalities are few and far between, due in part to the sedate pace with which landslides tend to occur in the UK, there are outliers, including the devastating loss of life in the Aberfan tragedy in 1966, and rapid onset and motion landslides also occur in some settings such as coastal cliffs.
The course will point participants towards the Landslide Inventory, now maintained by BGS, but developed originally by Geomorphological Services Ltd, which showed formerly unknown distributions and statistics on the occurrence of UK landslides.
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This course is ideal for geoscientists who are geoengineers, geotechnical experts or those who work in contaminated land. It is also useful for those who are in parallel sectors.
Book the full series of Geological Hazards: Their Occurrence, Monitoring and Mitigation below:
Book full course seriesThis course will be taking place on 10 March 2027 at 12:00 BST, and will last for approximately 1.5 hours, depending on audience participation.
Joining details will be sent out the day prior, alongside any course materials that may be needed.
Dr Claire Dashwood (British Geological Survey)
Dr Claire Dashwood is an engineering geomorphologist with 20 years’ experience at the British Geological Survey where she has specialised in landslide mapping, hazard and susceptibility assessment, creation of landslide inventories and resilience-based activities. Claire has worked on numerous applied and research projects assessing landslides in the UK and overseas as well as commercial projects for a number of national scale asset managers. Recent work has included multi-hazard risk assessment (Malawi), landslide forecasting (India), community level physical vulnerability maps (Colombia), use of InSAR to map assess landslide activity (GB) and the development of gully susceptibility maps for urban planning (DRC).
Fees
This rate is for those who are a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. Upon selecting this rate, you will be prompted to input your membership number.
This rate is for those who are not a Fellow of the Geological Society of London.
This rate is for those who are currently students in upper secondary/further education and undergraduate level education.
When registering you will be asked to upload your student ID (with expiry date) as proof of studies.
This rate is for those who are currently studying Masters degree or PhD.
When registering you will be asked to upload your student ID (with expiry date) as proof of studies.
The Geological Society of America (GSA) members discount
We offer a generous 40% discount off our Non-Fellow rate to members of the Geological Society of America (GSA). A discount code must be quoted on the registration form in order to take advantage of the discount. If you are a member of GSA and do not have the discount code, please email training@geolsoc.org.uk with proof of your membership.
Group discounts
We offer competitive group discounts on all Training Courses:
5 – 9 delegates: 20% off
10 – 14 delegates: 25% off
15 delegates or more: 30% off
For more information on how to access the Group Discount, please email training@geolsoc.org.uk
Concessions
We offer students a generous discount. Please verify your student status by either registering with your student email address, or uploading a photograph of your student identification/acceptance letter.
The Society offers a limited number of concessionary rates for those in financial hardship. Contact training@geolsoc.org.uk (Please note you may be required to provide details/evidence to support your application for this.)
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