Taking a landslide's temperature to avert catastrophe

Durham NC (SPX) Jun 17, 2020

Engineers from Duke University have developed a comprehensive new model of deep-seated landslides and demonstrated that it can accurately recreate the dynamics of historic and current landslides that occur under various conditions. Peering past the standard measurements of velocity and water levels, the model points to the temperature of a relatively thin layer of clay at the base of the l