[Rockhounds] Massive landslide drags several houses nto the sea off Norway

[Paul]

Kreigh Tomaszewski wrote;
 >
 > This is the remarkable moment a freak landslide drags several houses into
 > the sea on the Norwegian coast, sending locals running for their lives.
 >
 > Drones filmed overhead as the monster 800m-wide surge carried away eight
 > homes and huge chunks of the cliff face.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/shocking-moment-massive-landslide-drags-several-houses-and-cliffs-into-the-sea-off-norway/news-story/b1dfab5b219abccd915376c625a71edf

The type of glaciomarine (quick) clay that is the cause of such
landslides is discussed in:

Larsen, I.S., 2017. Integrated Risk Analysis Framework of
Quick Clay Landslides in Norway (Master's thesis, University
of Stavanger, Norway).
https://uis.brage.unit.no/uis-xmlui/handle/11250/2456240
https://uis.brage.unit.no/uis-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2456240/Larsen_Ingrid_Skipenes.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y

Thakur, V., Nordal, S., Viggiani, G. and Charrier, P., 2018. Shear
bands in undrained plane strain compression of Norwegian
quick clays. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 55(1), pp.45-56.
https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2592746/CGJ+_revised+manuscript+.pdf?sequence=2

Helle, T.E., Aagaard, P., Nordal, S., Long, M. and Bazin, S., 2019.
A geochemical, mineralogical and geotechnical characterization
of the low plastic, highly sensitive glaciomarine clay at
Dragvoll, Norway.
https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/2613862/Helle_Bazin_etal(2019).pdf?sequence=1
https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/handle/11250/2613862

Yours,

Paul H.