SuperSauze-Mudslide
par Renaud Toussaint
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Above the Ubaye valley, the SuperSauze landslide is slowly sliding along the mountain. It is just nearby the SuperSauze ski resort. The black marls formed curtains in the badland, and collapsed and started to flow in the second half of the 20th century. The black marl blocks fall from the top cliffs, freeze and unfreeze a few times, giving rise to finer particles led with clay powder. Depending on the weather and time of the year, this landslide progresses slowly and sometimes accelerates. The OMIV observatory (Observatoire Multidisciplinaire des Instabilites de Versants) http://www-lgit.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr/observations/omiv/ ) monitors the landslide activity and progress.
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Text by Steve Smith.
