Quick clay, a naturally occurring sensitive marine clay that can undergo sudden liquefaction when disturbed, poses a significant hazard in regions across Scandinavia, Canada and beyond. Recent ...

Quick clay is actually an old seabed. The clay thus formed under water, but came to the surface when the landscape rose after the last ice age. However, this clay was not so dangerous, because it was ...

Quick clay originates from ancient seabeds. The clay only becomes dangerous after the salt has been washed out by freshwater, which makes it unstable. NTNU researchers have carried out detailed ...

After the fatal landslides at Mount Maunganui, attention has focused on recent tree removal from Mauao. But landslides rarely ...

There is no need to invoke flooding or a major earthquake to explain the collapse of the ground beneath Herakleion and eastern Canopus (20 October, p 42). The failure is consistent with quick-clay ...