From the reviews: "It will often be my first point of reference in a field which has lacked an integrated resource ... . Massive Rock Slope Failure (MRSF) can be as lethal as hospital-bug MRSA, involving bedrock masses from 1000,000 m3 up to 1000 million m3 ... . The book covers pretty much the full spectrum of issues. ... The editors are rightly proud of having brought several excellent Russian and former Soviet Asian contributors ... . It is ... easy enough to read and handle ... ." (David Jarman, Journal of Sedimentary Research, January, 2007)

• LANDSLIDES FROM MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE AND ASSOCIATED PHENOMENA.- SINGLE-EVENT LANDSLIDES RESULTING FROM MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE: CHARACTERISING THEIR FREQUENCY AND IMPACT ON SOCIETY.- ANALYSIS OF INITIAL ROCK SLOPE FAILURE.- ON THE INITIATION OF LARGE ROCKSLIDES: PERSPECTIVES FROM A NEW ANALYSIS OF THE VAIONT MOVEMENT RECORD.- FROM CAUSE TO EFFECT: USING NUMERICAL MODELLING TO UNDERSTAND ROCK SLOPE INSTABILITY MECHANISMS.- GRAVITATIONAL CREEP OF ROCK SLOPES AS PRE-COLLAPSE DEFORMATION AND SOME PROBLEMS IN ITS MODELLING.- MODELS AVAILABLE TO UNDERSTAND FAILURE AND PRE-FAILURE BEHAVIOUR OF LARGE ROCK SLOPE MOVEMENTS: THE CASE OF LA CLAPIÈRE, SOUTHERN ALPS, FRANCE.- NUMERICAL MODELLING OF ROCK SLOPES USING A TOTAL SLOPE FAILURE APPROACH.- THE ROLE OF TOPOGRAPHIC AMPLIFICATION ON THE INITIATION OF ROCK SLOPES FAILURES DURING EARTHQUAKES.- MONITORING OF ROCK SLOPE MOVEMENT.- APPLICATION OF GROUND-BASED RADAR INTERFEROMETRY TO MONITOR AN ACTIVE ROCKSLIDE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.- MONITORING AND ASSESSING THE STATE OF ACTIVITY OF SLOPE INSTABILITIES BY THE PERMANENT SCATTERERS TECHNIQUE.- ANALYSIS OF POST-FAILURE BEHAVIOUR.- FORECASTING RUNOUT OF ROCK AND DEBRIS AVALANCHES.- CONTINUUM NUMERICAL MODELLING OF FLOW-LIKE LANDSLIDES.- ANALYSIS OF POST-FAILURE BEHAVIOUR.- ROCK AVALANCHE OCCURRENCE, PROCESS AND MODELLING.- MOBILITY OF ROCK AVALANCHES TRIGGERED BY UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS.- INFERENCES FROM THE MORPHOLOGY AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF ROCKSLIDES AND ROCK AVALANCHES RAPID ROCK MASS FLOW WITH DYNAMIC FRAGMENTATION:.- MORPHOLOGY AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF ROCKSLIDES AND ROCK AVALANCHES: GROUNDS AND CONSTRAINTS FOR THEIR MODELLING.- CASE STUDIES OF MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE.- THE FLIMS ROCKSLIDE: HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION AND NEW INSIGHTS.-ROCK AVALANCHE AND MOUNTAIN SLOPE DEFORMATION IN A CONVEX DIP-SLOPE: THE CASE OF THE MAIELLA MASSIF, CENTRAL ITALY.- SLOW-MOVING DISINTEGRATING ROCKSLIDES ON MOUNTAIN SLOPES.- EDOARDO SEMENZA: THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE ANCIENT VAIONT LANDSLIDE.- FAILURE MECHANISMS AND RUNOUT BEHAVIOUR OF THREE ROCK AVALANCHES IN THE NORTH-EASTERN ITALIAN ALPS.- VOLCANIC LANDSLIDES.- LARGE MODERN COLLAPSES ON THE ACTIVE VOLCANOES OF KAMCHATKA: CAUSES AND MECHANISM OF FORMATION.- ASSESSING MASSIVE FLANK COLLAPSE AT STRATOVOLCANOES USING 3-D SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS.- CATASTROPHIC VOLCANIC LANDSLIDES: THE LA OROTAVA EVENTS ON TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS.- REGIONAL STUDIES OF MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE.- ROCK SLOPE FAILURES IN NORWEGIAN FJORD AREAS: EXAMPLES, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND TEMPORAL PATTERN.- OF COMPLEX INTERACTIONS OF LITHOLOGIC, STRUCTURAL AND TOPOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND ACTIVE TECTONICS ROCK AVALANCHING IN THE NW ARGENTINE ANDES AS A RESULT.- ROCK AVALANCHES WITH COMPLEX RUN OUT AND EMPLACEMENT, KARAKORAM HIMALAYA, INNER ASIA.- DISSECTED ROCKSLIDE AND ROCK AVALANCHE DEPOSITS; TIEN SHAN, KYRGYZSTAN.- INFLUENCES ON GEOMORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION.- LANDSLIDE-DRIVEN EROSION AND TOPOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF ACTIVE MOUNTAIN BELTS.- IMPACTS OF LANDSLIDE DAMS ON MOUNTAIN VALLEY MORPHOLOGY.- STATE-OF-THE-ART.- MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE : PERSPECTIVES AND RETROSPECTIVES ON STATE-OF-THE-ART.

From the reviews: "It will often be my first point of reference in a field which has lacked an integrated resource ... . Massive Rock Slope Failure (MRSF) can be as lethal as hospital-bug MRSA, involving bedrock masses from 1000,000 m3 up to 1000 million m3 ... . The book covers pretty much the full spectrum of issues. ... The editors are rightly proud of having brought several excellent Russian and former Soviet Asian contributors ... . It is ... easy enough to read and handle ... ." (David Jarman, Journal of Sedimentary Research, January, 2007)

• LANDSLIDES FROM MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE AND ASSOCIATED PHENOMENA.- SINGLE-EVENT LANDSLIDES RESULTING FROM MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE: CHARACTERISING THEIR FREQUENCY AND IMPACT ON SOCIETY.- ANALYSIS OF INITIAL ROCK SLOPE FAILURE.- ON THE INITIATION OF LARGE ROCKSLIDES: PERSPECTIVES FROM A NEW ANALYSIS OF THE VAIONT MOVEMENT RECORD.- FROM CAUSE TO EFFECT: USING NUMERICAL MODELLING TO UNDERSTAND ROCK SLOPE INSTABILITY MECHANISMS.- GRAVITATIONAL CREEP OF ROCK SLOPES AS PRE-COLLAPSE DEFORMATION AND SOME PROBLEMS IN ITS MODELLING.- MODELS AVAILABLE TO UNDERSTAND FAILURE AND PRE-FAILURE BEHAVIOUR OF LARGE ROCK SLOPE MOVEMENTS: THE CASE OF LA CLAPIÈRE, SOUTHERN ALPS, FRANCE.- NUMERICAL MODELLING OF ROCK SLOPES USING A TOTAL SLOPE FAILURE APPROACH.- THE ROLE OF TOPOGRAPHIC AMPLIFICATION ON THE INITIATION OF ROCK SLOPES FAILURES DURING EARTHQUAKES.- MONITORING OF ROCK SLOPE MOVEMENT.- APPLICATION OF GROUND-BASED RADAR INTERFEROMETRY TO MONITOR AN ACTIVE ROCKSLIDE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.- MONITORING AND ASSESSING THE STATE OF ACTIVITY OF SLOPE INSTABILITIES BY THE PERMANENT SCATTERERS TECHNIQUE.- ANALYSIS OF POST-FAILURE BEHAVIOUR.- FORECASTING RUNOUT OF ROCK AND DEBRIS AVALANCHES.- CONTINUUM NUMERICAL MODELLING OF FLOW-LIKE LANDSLIDES.- ANALYSIS OF POST-FAILURE BEHAVIOUR.- ROCK AVALANCHE OCCURRENCE, PROCESS AND MODELLING.- MOBILITY OF ROCK AVALANCHES TRIGGERED BY UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS.- INFERENCES FROM THE MORPHOLOGY AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF ROCKSLIDES AND ROCK AVALANCHES RAPID ROCK MASS FLOW WITH DYNAMIC FRAGMENTATION:.- MORPHOLOGY AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF ROCKSLIDES AND ROCK AVALANCHES: GROUNDS AND CONSTRAINTS FOR THEIR MODELLING.- CASE STUDIES OF MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE.- THE FLIMS ROCKSLIDE: HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION AND NEW INSIGHTS.-ROCK AVALANCHE AND MOUNTAIN SLOPE DEFORMATION IN A CONVEX DIP-SLOPE: THE CASE OF THE MAIELLA MASSIF, CENTRAL ITALY.- SLOW-MOVING DISINTEGRATING ROCKSLIDES ON MOUNTAIN SLOPES.- EDOARDO SEMENZA: THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE ANCIENT VAIONT LANDSLIDE.- FAILURE MECHANISMS AND RUNOUT BEHAVIOUR OF THREE ROCK AVALANCHES IN THE NORTH-EASTERN ITALIAN ALPS.- VOLCANIC LANDSLIDES.- LARGE MODERN COLLAPSES ON THE ACTIVE VOLCANOES OF KAMCHATKA: CAUSES AND MECHANISM OF FORMATION.- ASSESSING MASSIVE FLANK COLLAPSE AT STRATOVOLCANOES USING 3-D SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS.- CATASTROPHIC VOLCANIC LANDSLIDES: THE LA OROTAVA EVENTS ON TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS.- REGIONAL STUDIES OF MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE.- ROCK SLOPE FAILURES IN NORWEGIAN FJORD AREAS: EXAMPLES, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND TEMPORAL PATTERN.- OF COMPLEX INTERACTIONS OF LITHOLOGIC, STRUCTURAL AND TOPOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND ACTIVE TECTONICS ROCK AVALANCHING IN THE NW ARGENTINE ANDES AS A RESULT.- ROCK AVALANCHES WITH COMPLEX RUN OUT AND EMPLACEMENT, KARAKORAM HIMALAYA, INNER ASIA.- DISSECTED ROCKSLIDE AND ROCK AVALANCHE DEPOSITS; TIEN SHAN, KYRGYZSTAN.- INFLUENCES ON GEOMORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION.- LANDSLIDE-DRIVEN EROSION AND TOPOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF ACTIVE MOUNTAIN BELTS.- IMPACTS OF LANDSLIDE DAMS ON MOUNTAIN VALLEY MORPHOLOGY.- STATE-OF-THE-ART.- MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE : PERSPECTIVES AND RETROSPECTIVES ON STATE-OF-THE-ART.

From the reviews: "It will often be my first point of reference in a field which has lacked an integrated resource ... . Massive Rock Slope Failure (MRSF) can be as lethal as hospital-bug MRSA, involving bedrock masses from 1000,000 m3 up to 1000 million m3 ... . The book covers pretty much the full spectrum of issues. ... The editors are rightly proud of having brought several excellent Russian and former Soviet Asian contributors ... . It is ... easy enough to read and handle ... ." (David Jarman, Journal of Sedimentary Research, January, 2007)

• LANDSLIDES FROM MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE AND ASSOCIATED PHENOMENA.- SINGLE-EVENT LANDSLIDES RESULTING FROM MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE: CHARACTERISING THEIR FREQUENCY AND IMPACT ON SOCIETY.- ANALYSIS OF INITIAL ROCK SLOPE FAILURE.- ON THE INITIATION OF LARGE ROCKSLIDES: PERSPECTIVES FROM A NEW ANALYSIS OF THE VAIONT MOVEMENT RECORD.- FROM CAUSE TO EFFECT: USING NUMERICAL MODELLING TO UNDERSTAND ROCK SLOPE INSTABILITY MECHANISMS.- GRAVITATIONAL CREEP OF ROCK SLOPES AS PRE-COLLAPSE DEFORMATION AND SOME PROBLEMS IN ITS MODELLING.- MODELS AVAILABLE TO UNDERSTAND FAILURE AND PRE-FAILURE BEHAVIOUR OF LARGE ROCK SLOPE MOVEMENTS: THE CASE OF LA CLAPIÈRE, SOUTHERN ALPS, FRANCE.- NUMERICAL MODELLING OF ROCK SLOPES USING A TOTAL SLOPE FAILURE APPROACH.- THE ROLE OF TOPOGRAPHIC AMPLIFICATION ON THE INITIATION OF ROCK SLOPES FAILURES DURING EARTHQUAKES.- MONITORING OF ROCK SLOPE MOVEMENT.- APPLICATION OF GROUND-BASED RADAR INTERFEROMETRY TO MONITOR AN ACTIVE ROCKSLIDE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.- MONITORING AND ASSESSING THE STATE OF ACTIVITY OF SLOPE INSTABILITIES BY THE PERMANENT SCATTERERS TECHNIQUE.- ANALYSIS OF POST-FAILURE BEHAVIOUR.- FORECASTING RUNOUT OF ROCK AND DEBRIS AVALANCHES.- CONTINUUM NUMERICAL MODELLING OF FLOW-LIKE LANDSLIDES.- ANALYSIS OF POST-FAILURE BEHAVIOUR.- ROCK AVALANCHE OCCURRENCE, PROCESS AND MODELLING.- MOBILITY OF ROCK AVALANCHES TRIGGERED BY UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS.- INFERENCES FROM THE MORPHOLOGY AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF ROCKSLIDES AND ROCK AVALANCHES RAPID ROCK MASS FLOW WITH DYNAMIC FRAGMENTATION:.- MORPHOLOGY AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF ROCKSLIDES AND ROCK AVALANCHES: GROUNDS AND CONSTRAINTS FOR THEIR MODELLING.- CASE STUDIES OF MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE.- THE FLIMS ROCKSLIDE: HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION AND NEW INSIGHTS.-ROCK AVALANCHE AND MOUNTAIN SLOPE DEFORMATION IN A CONVEX DIP-SLOPE: THE CASE OF THE MAIELLA MASSIF, CENTRAL ITALY.- SLOW-MOVING DISINTEGRATING ROCKSLIDES ON MOUNTAIN SLOPES.- EDOARDO SEMENZA: THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE ANCIENT VAIONT LANDSLIDE.- FAILURE MECHANISMS AND RUNOUT BEHAVIOUR OF THREE ROCK AVALANCHES IN THE NORTH-EASTERN ITALIAN ALPS.- VOLCANIC LANDSLIDES.- LARGE MODERN COLLAPSES ON THE ACTIVE VOLCANOES OF KAMCHATKA: CAUSES AND MECHANISM OF FORMATION.- ASSESSING MASSIVE FLANK COLLAPSE AT STRATOVOLCANOES USING 3-D SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS.- CATASTROPHIC VOLCANIC LANDSLIDES: THE LA OROTAVA EVENTS ON TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS.- REGIONAL STUDIES OF MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE.- ROCK SLOPE FAILURES IN NORWEGIAN FJORD AREAS: EXAMPLES, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND TEMPORAL PATTERN.- OF COMPLEX INTERACTIONS OF LITHOLOGIC, STRUCTURAL AND TOPOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND ACTIVE TECTONICS ROCK AVALANCHING IN THE NW ARGENTINE ANDES AS A RESULT.- ROCK AVALANCHES WITH COMPLEX RUN OUT AND EMPLACEMENT, KARAKORAM HIMALAYA, INNER ASIA.- DISSECTED ROCKSLIDE AND ROCK AVALANCHE DEPOSITS; TIEN SHAN, KYRGYZSTAN.- INFLUENCES ON GEOMORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION.- LANDSLIDE-DRIVEN EROSION AND TOPOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF ACTIVE MOUNTAIN BELTS.- IMPACTS OF LANDSLIDE DAMS ON MOUNTAIN VALLEY MORPHOLOGY.- STATE-OF-THE-ART.- MASSIVE ROCK SLOPE FAILURE : PERSPECTIVES AND RETROSPECTIVES ON STATE-OF-THE-ART.