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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...