Geohazards Landslides

This lecture 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 lecture 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.

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:

All Modules Geological Hazards: Their Occurrence, Monitoring and Mitigation

This course will be taking place on 21 May 2025 at 16:00 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.

Claire Dashwood (British Geological Survey)

Catherine Pennington, FGS (British Geological Survey)

Fellow £90

Non-Fellow £180

Student Member £18

Student Non-Member £36

Corporate Patron £90

GSA Member £108

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.)

If you require an invoice to register for this course, please email training@geolsoc.org.uk

Registration will close 24 hours before the event takes place.