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Kerry Leith @stressdriven.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Autumn in Queenstown, and four days talking about landslides with @davepetley.bsky.social and others at LaRGE 2026. If ever there was need for indoor - outdoor flow, this is it! landsliderisk.nz

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Kerry Leith @stressdriven.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

We all know that squashing a rock makes it stiffer, but did you know water makes it softer? We wondered what happens underground, where rock is both squashed AND wet? TLDR: moisture dominates sandstone to >400m depth, and granite to >1000m depth! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

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Kerry Leith @stressdriven.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

🚨A reminder that the submission deadline for abstracts to the '8th International Conference on Rock Physics' closes tomorrow (20th September)! 🚨 Feb 22 - 27, Auckland, New Zealand www.8iwrp.auckland.ac.nz/abstract-sub...

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Kerry Leith @stressdriven.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Comparison with a post-event image highlights areas that might have been avoided with the aid of maps derived from most basic data. Thanks to @subfossilguy.bsky.social for the post-event image.

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Kerry Leith @stressdriven.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

The disastrous impacts of debris flows at Dharali village in Uttarakhand this week are an important reminder of the need for good risk communication. Maps that clearly communicate relative risk levels can save lives, by flagging areas that are marginal for development - before an event occurs.

A 3D image of the region around Dharali Village, coloured green to orange, possibly indicating variation in relative landslide risk

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Kerry Leith @stressdriven.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Feeling pretty futuristic sitting on the rocks watching a stream of #SpaceX catch a big f'n rocket booster, as #SailGP yachts are trying to launch themselves around the bottom mark.

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Kerry Leith @stressdriven.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Ok, I'm inspired. Here's #lidar of Wellington Harbour and surrounds thanks to #QGIS, #ON1, and #LINZ @dwsilk.bsky.social #gischat

A computer render of dark hills fading to purplish tones with increasing distance under an evening sunset.

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Kerry Leith @stressdriven.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Here's what Cararra Marble looked like before Michaelangelo spoiled it for automatic content detection algorithms

A large mountain peaks forms the backdrop of a Carrara Marble quarry

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Kerry Leith @stressdriven.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Michelangelo's David was carved from extremely pure Carrara Marble. It's purity results from marine deposition in a low-energy environment rich in marine life, far from river outlets. It's purity also helps connect climate change to landsliding: shorturl.at/F0q4Q via. Carrara, Italy. 44.08° 10.12°

A reproduction of Michelangelo's statue of David carved by Italian sculptor Luigi Arrighetti

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Kerry Leith @stressdriven.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

'Exfoliation' fractures form as thinning glaciers allow tectonic stresses to 'pop' bedrock slabs. River erosion is now forming a fluvial landscape. (Schollenen Gorge, CH) 46.66°, 8.58° Find out more of the story from @utahgeohaz.bsky.social and I agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A steep alpine valley wall with lots of slabby plates of rock. A river is eroding into bedrock below a bridge in the foreground.

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Kerry Leith @stressdriven.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Vertical joints in Land's End Granite are preferentially weathered by salt crystal growth between grains on the exposed rock surface. #FotoVorschlag Logan Rock, England. 50.040858° -5.636719° 📷 OM-D E-M5 iii

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Kerry Leith @stressdriven.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Initially carved by glaciers perhaps 700,000 years ago, bedrock uplift and river incision has transformed this old U-shaped valley into a deep V-shaped valley. Eisten, CH. 46.200410 7.893374 Find out more of the story from @apatite4life.bsky.social and I www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Kerry Leith @stressdriven.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

This is Kaikōura, NZ. From the top of Mt Fyffe, to the bottom of the offshore Kaikoura Canyon, there is almost 4,500 m of elevation change in just 50 km. A biodiversity hotspot, and breathtakingly beautiful on a spring morning. #FotoVorschlag 📷 OM-D E-M5 iii

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