Quest to find the 'missing physics' at play in landslides

Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 10:12 in Earth & Climate

During the 1990s, Charles S. Campbell, now a professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California, began exploring why large landslides flow great distances with apparently little friction, and the larger the volume of flowing rock the lesser the friction.

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