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Landslides, Floods, and Marine Effects of the Storm of January 3-5, 1982, in the San Francisco Bay Region, California Landslides, Floods, and Marine Effects of the Storm of January 3-5, 1982, in the San Francisco Bay Region, California
A catastrophic rainstorm in central California on January 3-5,1982, dropped as much as half the mean annual precipitation within a period of about 32 hours, triggering landslides and floods throughout 10 counties in the vicinity of the San Francisco Bay. More than 18,000 of the slides induced by the storm transformed into debris flows that swept down hillslopes or drainages with little...
Authors
Gerald F. Wieczorek
Geologic and geotechnical conditions adjacent to the Turnagain Heights landslide, Anchorage, Alaska Geologic and geotechnical conditions adjacent to the Turnagain Heights landslide, Anchorage, Alaska
No abstract available.
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Randall G. Updike, H. W. Olsen, H. R. Schmoll, Y.K. Kharaka, K.H. Stokoe
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, August 1988 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, August 1988
No abstract available.
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John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, L.Y. Torrence
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, March 1988 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, March 1988
No abstract available.
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John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, L.Y. Torrence
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, November 1988 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, November 1988
No abstract available.
Authors
John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, L.Y. Torrence
Real-time landslide warning during heavy rainfall Real-time landslide warning during heavy rainfall
A real-time system for issuing warnings of landslides during major storms is being developed for the San Francisco Bay region, California. The system is based on empirical and theoretical relations between rainfall and landslide initiation, geologic determination of areas susceptible to landslides, real-time monitoring of a regional network of telemetering rain gages, and National...
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David K. Keefer, R. C. Wilson, R. K. Mark, E. E. Brabb, W. M. Brown, S. D. Ellen, E. L. Harp, G. F. Wieczorek, C.S. Alger, R.S. Zatkin
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Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Natural Hazards Mission Area, Energy Resources Program, Landslide Hazards Program, Mineral Resources Program, National Laboratories Program, Science and Decisions Center, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
Preliminary results from a study of natural slope failures triggered by the storm of November 3.5.1985, Germany Valley, West Virginia and Virginia: Chapter 4 in Landslides of eastern North America Preliminary results from a study of natural slope failures triggered by the storm of November 3.5.1985, Germany Valley, West Virginia and Virginia: Chapter 4 in Landslides of eastern North America
During the first five days of November 1985, a low-pressure system in the Ohio River valley combined with a low-pressure system referred to as Tropical Storm Juan to produce heavy rainfall in the Potomac, James, and Rappahannock River basins. Severe flooding accompanied the rainfall; 43 lives were lost and the flood was estimated to be the most expensive natural disaster of 1985 in the...
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Robert B. Jacobson, Elizabeth D. Cron, John P. McGeehin
Some effects of quiet geomagnetic field changes upon values used for main field modeling Some effects of quiet geomagnetic field changes upon values used for main field modeling
The effects of three methods of data selection upon the assumed main field levels for geomagnetic observatory records used in main field modeling were investigated for a year of very low solar-terrestrial activity. The first method concerned the differences between the year's average of quiet day field values and the average of all values during the year. For H these differences were 2-3...
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W.H. Campbell
Assessment of models proposed for the 1985 revision of the international geomagnetic reference field Assessment of models proposed for the 1985 revision of the international geomagnetic reference field
Geomagnetic measurements from land, marine and aerial surveys conducted in the years 1945-1964 were used to test the 14 models proposed as additions, for that period, to the series of definitive geomagnetic reference field (DGRF) models. Overall, NASA's 'SFAS' models and the BGS (British Geological Survey) models agree best with these data. Comparisons of the two proposed definitive main...
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N.W. Peddie, A.K. Zunde
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, October 1987 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, October 1987
No abstract available.
Authors
John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, L.Y. Torrence
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, September 1987 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, September 1987
No abstract available.
Authors
John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, L.Y. Torrence
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, February 1987 Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, February 1987
No abstract available.
Authors
John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, L.Y. Torrence