{"id":14130,"date":"2020-02-11T12:02:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T12:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=case_study&#038;p=14130"},"modified":"2023-10-02T14:26:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T14:26:37","slug":"rest-and-be-thankful-a83-2009-landslide-case-study","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/case-studies\/rest-and-be-thankful-a83-2009-landslide-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Rest and Be Thankful Pass, A83, Argyll and Bute (2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Rest and Be Thankful Pass, A83, Argyll and Bute (2009)<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Landslide case study<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/case-studies\/rest-and-be-thankful-a83-2009-landslide-case-study\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Rest%20and%20Be%20Thankful%20Pass,%20A83,%20Argyll%20and%20Bute%20(2009)&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/case-studies\/rest-and-be-thankful-a83-2009-landslide-case-study\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/case-studies\/rest-and-be-thankful-a83-2009-landslide-case-study\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Rest%20and%20Be%20Thankful%20Pass,%20A83,%20Argyll%20and%20Bute%20(2009)&#038;body=%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/case-studies\/rest-and-be-thankful-a83-2009-landslide-case-study\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/case-studies\/rest-and-be-thankful-a83-2009-landslide-case-study\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>The A83, known as the Rest and Be Thankful Pass, is an important trunk road in Argyll and Bute in Scotland. It is to the west of Loch Lomond and is the main route to towns and villages in southern Argyll from Glasgow. The landslide was located 8&nbsp;km west of Arrochar on the A83.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second time the road has been closed at this location in the last two years; on the previous occasion, the road was closed for two weeks. The BGS Landslide Response Team surveyed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/download\/rest-and-be-thankful-landslide-2007-information-poster\/\">first landslide<\/a> in October 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RABT-location-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Rest and Be Thankful (A83) location map.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RABT-location.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Rest and Be Thankful (A83) location map. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>After a sustained period of heavy rain, some time on the morning of 8 September 2009, a landslide occurred that blocked the road for two days, causing a 55-mile detour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BGS Landslide Response Team made a visit to the landslide on 10 September 2009 to investigate the failure. Information was collected for the BGS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/national-landslide-database\/\">National Landslide Database<\/a> and to update our geological maps.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710588-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Rest And Be Thankful landslide 2009.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710588.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Rest And Be Thankful landslide (2009). BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News reports<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The landslides on the Rest and Be Thankful Pass have been widely reported in the local and national news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2009 landslide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/scotland\/glasgow_and_west\/8246189.stm\" target=\"_blank\">Work to clear landslide<\/a> BBC video and report 09 September 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/scotland\/glasgow_and_west\/8244247.stm\" target=\"_blank\">Landslip as winds batter Scotland<\/a> BBC news report, 08 September 2009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2007 landslide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/scotland\/glasgow_and_west\/7086850.stm\" target=\"_blank\">Road open after landslide cleared<\/a> BBC news report, 09 November 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/scotland\/glasgow_and_west\/7077796.stm\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Flat out&#8217; efforts to reopen A83<\/a> BBC news report, 05 November 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/scotland\/glasgow_and_west\/7074575.stm\" target=\"_blank\">Controlled landslip may clear A83<\/a> BBC news report, 02 November 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/scotland\/glasgow_and_west\/7066614.stm\" target=\"_blank\">Road closed after major landslide<\/a> BBC news report, 28 October  2007<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The area in which the 2007 and 2009 failures have occurred is steeply sloping ground underlain by rocks of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/lexicon\/lexicon.cfm?pub=DCBB\">Beinn Bheula Schist Formation<\/a>. These are composed of psammite and semi-pelitic rocks that are metamorphic in origin. These are composed largely of quartz, feldspar and mica minerals. These rocks are commonly intensely foliated and spectacularly folded; extensive quartz lenses and veins also occur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bedrock plays little part in the landslide activity on these slopes.  The recent landslides here have largely been associated with slope deposits, including peat and topsoil, as well as the underlying layers of colluvium, comprising sandy to gravelly silts and clays, with varying amounts of cobbles and boulders. The colluvium deposits on this slope represent earlier phases of slope instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710699.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Rest And Be Thankful landslide 2009.\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Rest And Be Thankful landslide (2009). BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710788.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Rest And Be Thankful landslide 2009.\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Landslide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This landslide (National Landslide Database ID 15757\/2) is classified as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/earth-hazards\/landslides\/how-to-classify-a-landslide\/\">debris flow<\/a>, which has followed an existing drainage line. The source of the debris was traced to an area on the slope high above the road, where rafts of soil had become detached and broken up. These fed debris into the drainage line. Some rafts of debris moved only a short distance, however, and still remain near their source. The debris flow also scoured material from the drainage channel as it moved rapidly down slope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The debris and water exceeded the capacity of the drainage of the road, causing the debris to be deposited on the road itself, blocking the whole carriageway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A debris flow at the same location in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/download\/rest-and-be-thankful-landslide-2007-information-poster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2007<\/a> caused a similar blockage. BGS Landslide Response Team geologists were able to make good use of their observations and excellent photographic records of the event in 2007 to demonstrate how instability of the slope has moved to a higher level and to new locations.  It seems likely, however, that the 2009 landslide was influenced by much older landslide features on the slope.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RABT5.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Material in 2009 came from higher up the slope than the 2007 landslide. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_10526\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RABT5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Material has come from higher up the slope than the 2007 landslide.\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Material in 2009 came from higher up the slope than the 2007 landslide. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/RABT5.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Material in 2009 came from higher up the slope than the 2007 landslide. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_10526\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710681.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;View down the debris flow to the road (A83).\u00a0BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_10526\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710681.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"View down debris flow to road (A83).\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>View down the debris flow to the road (A83).\u00a0BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710681.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;View down the debris flow to the road (A83).\u00a0BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_10526\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710698.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Gully left by the rapidly moving debris flow. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_10526\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710698.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Gully left by rapidly moving debris flow.\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Gully left by the rapidly moving debris flow. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710698.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Gully left by the rapidly moving debris flow. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_10526\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710712.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;At the top of the 2009 landslide. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_10526\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710712.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"At the top of the landslide.\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>At the top of the 2009 landslide. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710712.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;At the top of the 2009 landslide. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_10526\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710776.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;BGS Landslide Response Team using BGS\u00b7SIGMAmobile technology to collect information about the landslide. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_10526\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710776.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The Landslide Response Team uses BGS\u00b7SIGMAmobile technology to collect information about the landslide.\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>BGS Landslide Response Team using BGS\u00b7SIGMAmobile technology to collect information about the landslide. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P710776.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;BGS Landslide Response Team using BGS\u00b7SIGMAmobile technology to collect information about the landslide. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_10526\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"cta-section  sea-background-e \">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row md-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Contact the Landslide Response Team<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<div>Tel: 0115 936 3143     Email: landslides@bgs.ac.uk   <\/div>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-wrap\"><a href=\"mailto:landslides@bgs.ac.uk\"  class=\"button primary-background   \">Contact us<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-8346-block_5efc3d3507b5f\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>You may also be interested in<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/landslide-case-studies\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/pennington_feature_P761259-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"fall at Pennington Point. 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Why do landslides happen? How to classify a landslide. Landslides in the UK and around the world. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/earth-hazards\/landslides\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/earth-hazards\/landslides\/how-to-classify-a-landslide\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/holbeck_hall_feature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Holbeck Hall Landslide\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/holbeck_hall_feature.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/earth-hazards\/landslides\/how-to-classify-a-landslide\/\">How to classify a landslide<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Landslides are classified by their type of movement. 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