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Rissa, Norway. / 63.65556°N 10.03972°E / 63.65556; 10.03972. Rissa is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county in Norway in the Fosen region. The municipality existed from 1860 until its dissolution on 1 January 2018 when it became part of the municipality of Indre Fosen in Trøndelag county.
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May 12, 2021 · 1978: Rissa. Despite noone being killed, the Rissa landslide is one of the country's most famous because it was the first to be captured on film. Two local teenagers captured an 8mm film of the initially minor landslide, which soon propagated over a much larger area.
Jun 18, 2020 · Quick clay landslides: an online documentary about Rissa. The recent interest in quick clay landslides, triggered by the remarkable video from Alta in Norway, has led to a number of questions as to the mechanisms of these strange failures.
Another famous flow of quick clay at Rissa, Norway, in 1978 caused about 33 hectares (82 acres) of farmland to liquefy and flow into the lake Botn over a few hours, with the loss of one life. The Rissa slide was well recorded by local citizens and a documentary film was made about it in 1981.
Dec 1, 2021 · Rissa is a small county located 25 km northwest of Trondheim in mid-Norway, resting along the shore of Trondheimsfjord. The village of Rissa is on the northwest shore of Lake Botnen, a narrow and long and brackish inlet 1 km by 5 km connected to the fjord.
- Zhongqiang Liu, Jean-Sébastien L'Heureux, Sylfest Glimsdal, Suzanne Lacasse
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Sep 1, 2012 · The 1978 landslide at Rissa is the largest to have struck Norway during the last century and is world-famous because it was filmed. Swath bathymetry data and seismic reflection profiles reveal...
Estimating the volume of the 1978 Rissa quick clay landslide in Central Norway using historical aerial imagery. Benjamin Aubrey Robson , Daniel Hölbling , Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen and Max Koller. From the journal Open Geosciences. https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2020-0331. Cite this. Share this. Abstract.
