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 ...

Unstable quick clay can cause deadly landslides. Discover how new molecular simulations have pinpointed the reason for this ...

Rescue teams searching for survivors four days after a landslide carried away homes in a Norwegian village found no signs of life Saturday amid the ruined buildings and debris. Three bodies have been ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Six weeks after one of the worst landslides in modern Norway’s history, search teams have found two more bodies in the rubble, authorities said. In total, nine bodies have ...

Quick clay collapse can be both dangerous and costly. New research will help us understand more about why the clay is so unstable. And maybe what we can do about it.

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 ...