{"id":32287,"date":"2020-05-18T07:45:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T07:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=research_project&#038;p=32287"},"modified":"2021-03-15T14:41:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:41:26","slug":"aldbrough-observatory","status":"publish","type":"research_project","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/aldbrough-observatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Aldbrough Coastal Landslide Observatory"},"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>Aldbrough Coastal Landslide Observatory<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Research &mdash; Landslide observatories<\/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\/geology-projects\/landslides\/aldbrough-observatory\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Aldbrough%20Coastal%20Landslide%20Observatory&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/aldbrough-observatory\/\"><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\/geology-projects\/landslides\/aldbrough-observatory\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Aldbrough%20Coastal%20Landslide%20Observatory&#038;body=We%20have%20been%20monitoring%20and%20modelling%20landslide%20activity%20at%20our%20first%20Coastal%20Landslide%20Observatory%20at%20Aldbrough,%20on%20the%20East%20Riding%20of%20Yorkshire%20coast,%20since%202001.%20%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/aldbrough-observatory\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/aldbrough-observatory\/\" 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 Aldborough Coastal Landslide Observatory site is 1.5&nbsp;km north-east of Aldbrough itself, which is approximately 18&nbsp;km north-east of Hull. It was selected because it is on one of the fastest-eroding coastlines in Europe, at a rate of 2&nbsp;m per year overall.<\/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\/AldbroughConceptualModel.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Conceptual model of landsliding at Aldbrough. \u00a9 BGS\/UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_72522\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/AldbroughConceptualModel.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Conceptual model of landsliding at Aldbrough.\" \/><\/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>Conceptual model of landsliding at Aldbrough. \u00a9 BGS\/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\/AldbroughConceptualModel.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Conceptual model of landsliding at Aldbrough. \u00a9 BGS\/UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_72522\"><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\/05\/Aldbrough_website.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Aldbrough Coastal Landslide Observatory. \u00a9 BGS\/UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_72522\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Aldbrough_website-960x498.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Aldbrough Coastal Landslide Observatory.\" \/><\/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>Aldbrough Coastal Landslide Observatory. \u00a9 BGS\/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\/05\/Aldbrough_website.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Aldbrough Coastal Landslide Observatory. \u00a9 BGS\/UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_72522\"><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\/Albrough-location.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Aldbrough location. \u00a9 BGS\/UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_72522\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Albrough-location.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Aldbrough location map\" \/><\/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>Aldbrough location. \u00a9 BGS\/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\/Albrough-location.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Aldbrough location. \u00a9 BGS\/UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_72522\"><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>The steep cliffs face north-east and have a regular height of about 20&nbsp;m. They are actively receding and the cliff profile is stepped due to the contrasting erosion resistances of the tills and the different landslide processes in the upper and lower parts of the cliff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At high tides, the lower and, in some cases, middle sections of the cliff are subject to considerable erosion by wave action. Several buildings have been lost to the sea since 1885 including the Spa Inn, the Talbot Hotel and the Royal Hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Surveying activity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We have been monitoring and modelling landslide activity at Aldbrough since 2001. A range of surveying and monitoring techniques have been used to build our first coastal landslide observatory: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>geophysics (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/geophysical-tomography\/technologies\/prime\/\">PRIME<\/a>)<\/li><li>inclinometers<\/li><li>piezometers<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/geomatic-surveys\/#lidar\">terrestrial LiDAR scanning<\/a><\/li><li>UAV photogrammetry<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelcoast.org\/\">wave buoy data<\/a><\/li><li>weather station<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We have captured cycles of major, deep-seated landslide activity. Preliminary results confirm the relationships between landslide activity and volume loss with environmental factors such as rainfall and wave action. Landslide behaviour has also been examined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Boreholes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Three pairs of boreholes were sited back from the cliff edge by 10&nbsp;m, 20&nbsp;m and 28&nbsp;m (at time of installation); one of each pair contained an inclinometer casing and the other a piezometer array. The boreholes were drilled to 20&nbsp;m depth and aligned perpendicular to the cliff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Geophysical instrumentation, consisting of a new generation of PRIME, our automated electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) system, was added in 2015 and 2018 in the form of one downhole and two surface arrays, arranged orthogonally to the boreholes.<\/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\/05\/AldbroughCoastalLandslideObservatoryBoreholeMap_website-960x498.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Aldbrough Coastal Landslide Observatory borehole map\" \/><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><label>Aldbrough Coastal Landslide Observatory borehole map. \u00a9 BGS\/UKRI.<\/label><\/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\">Further reading<\/h2>\n\n\n<div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Geoblogy<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/britgeopeople.blogspot.com\/2019\/05\/coastalLandslideObservatoryAldbroughResults.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hot off the press! Results from our Coastal Landslide Observatory<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/pennington-catherine\/\">Catherine Pennington<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>On a windswept, wave-battered cliff on the coastline of the East Riding of Yorkshire stands an unassuming landslide that has no idea just how important it is. This landslide is being watched. Every move it makes is being recorded and analysed by us here at the BGS.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Key references<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"highwire-citation-author first hw-author-orcid-logo-wrapper has-tooltip hasTooltip\" data-delta=\"0\" data-hasqtip=\"1\" aria-describedby=\"qtip-1\">Hobbs<\/span>, P R N,<span class=\"highwire-citation-author hw-author-orcid-logo-wrapper\" data-delta=\"1\">\u00a0Jones<\/span>, L D, <span class=\"highwire-citation-author has-tooltip hasTooltip\" data-delta=\"2\" data-hasqtip=\"2\">Kirkham<\/span>, M P, <span class=\"highwire-citation-author\" data-delta=\"3\">Holyoake<\/span>, S J, <span class=\"highwire-citation-author hw-author-orcid-logo-wrapper has-tooltip hasTooltip\" data-delta=\"4\" data-hasqtip=\"3\">Pennington<\/span>, C V L,<span class=\"highwire-citation-author\" data-delta=\"5\">\u00a0Dashwood<\/span>, C, <span class=\"highwire-citation-author hw-author-orcid-logo-wrapper has-tooltip hasTooltip\" data-delta=\"6\" data-hasqtip=\"0\">Banks, V J, and <\/span><span class=\"highwire-citation-author has-tooltip hasTooltip\" data-delta=\"7\" data-hasqtip=\"4\" aria-describedby=\"qtip-4\">Reeves, H J. 2019. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1144\/qjegh2018-209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">Establishment of a coastal landslide observatory at Aldbrough, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK<\/a>. <span class=\"highwire-cite-metadata-journal highwire-cite-metadata\"><em>Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology<\/em>, Vol. <\/span><span class=\"highwire-cite-metadata-volume highwire-cite-metadata\">53,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"highwire-cite-metadata-pages highwire-cite-metadata\">88\u2013100.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"highwire-citation-author first hw-author-orcid-logo-wrapper has-tooltip hasTooltip\" data-delta=\"0\" data-hasqtip=\"1\" aria-describedby=\"qtip-1\">Hobbs<\/span>, P R N,<span class=\"highwire-citation-author hw-author-orcid-logo-wrapper\" data-delta=\"1\">\u00a0Jones<\/span>, L D, <span class=\"highwire-citation-author has-tooltip hasTooltip\" data-delta=\"2\" data-hasqtip=\"2\">Kirkham<\/span>, M P, <span class=\"highwire-citation-author hw-author-orcid-logo-wrapper has-tooltip hasTooltip\" data-delta=\"4\" data-hasqtip=\"3\">Pennington<\/span>, C V L, Morgan, D J R, and Dashwood, C. 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1144\/qjegh2018-210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coastal landslide monitoring at Aldbrough, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK<\/a>. <span class=\"highwire-cite-metadata-journal highwire-cite-metadata\"><em>Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology<\/em>, Vol. <\/span><span class=\"highwire-cite-metadata-volume highwire-cite-metadata\">53,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"highwire-cite-metadata-pages highwire-cite-metadata\">101\u2013116.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"person nerc_int_name\"><span class=\"person_name\">Hobbs, P R N,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"person nerc_int_name\"><span class=\"person_name\">Jones, L D, and <\/span><\/span><span class=\"person nerc_int_name\"><span class=\"person_name\">Kirkham, M P<\/span><\/span>. 2015. <a href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/523088\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Slope dynamics project report: Holderness Coast \u2014 Aldbrough, drilling and instrumentation 2012\u20132015<\/a>. <em>British Geological Survey Internal Report<\/em>\u00a0IR\/15\/001. (Nottingham, UK: British Geological Survey.) (Unpublished.)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"person nerc_int_name\"><span class=\"person_name\">Hobbs, P R N,<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"person nerc_int_name\"><span class=\"person_name\">Kirkham, M P, and Morgan, D J R<\/span><\/span>. 2015. <a href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/522963\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geotechnical laboratory testing of glacial deposits from Aldbrough, phase 2 boreholes<\/a>. <em>British Geological Survey Open Report <\/em>OR\/15\/056. (Nottingham, UK: British Geological Survey.) (Unpublished.)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"person nerc_int_name\"><span class=\"person_name\">Hobbs, P R N,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"person nerc_int_name\"><span class=\"person_name\">Jones, L D,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"person nerc_int_name\"><span class=\"person_name\">Kirkham, M P,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"person nerc_int_name\"><span class=\"person_name\">Morgan, D J R,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"person nerc_int_name\"><span class=\"person_name\">Pennington, C\u00a0 .L,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"person nerc_int_name\"><span class=\"person_name\">Jenkins, G O,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"person nerc_int_name\"><span class=\"person_name\">Dashwood, C,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"person nerc_int_name\"><span class=\"person_name\">Haslam, E P,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"person nerc_int_name\"><span class=\"person_name\">Freeborough, K A, and<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"person nerc_int_name\"><span class=\"person_name\">Lawley, R S. 2013. <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/522962\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Slope dynamics project report: Holderness Coast \u2014 Aldbrough, survey and monitoring 2001\u20132013<\/a>. <em>British Geological Survey Open Report\u00a0<\/em>OR\/11\/063. (Nottingham, UK: British Geological Survey.) 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