Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Publications

Filter Total Items: 2366

Taking the Earth's pulse Taking the Earth's pulse

During the past 35 years, scientists have developed a vast network of seismometers that record earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and nuclear explosions throughout the world. Seismographic data support disaster response, scientific research, and global security. With this network, the United States maintains world leadership in monitoring the greatest natural and technological events that...
Authors
Robert L. Woodward, Harly M. Benz, William M. Brown

Regional landslide-hazard evaluation using landslide slopes, Western Wasatch County, Utah Regional landslide-hazard evaluation using landslide slopes, Western Wasatch County, Utah

Landsliding has historically been one of the most damaging geologic hazards in western Wasatch County, Utah. Accordingly, we mapped and analyzed landslides (slumps and debris slides) in the area to provide an empirical basis for regional landslide-hazard evaluation. The 336 landslides in the 250-sq-mi (650-km2) area involve 20 geologic units, including Mississippian- to Quaternary-aged...
Authors
M.D. Hylland, Mark Lowe

The 1995 revision of the joint US/UK geomagnetic field models - I. Secular variation The 1995 revision of the joint US/UK geomagnetic field models - I. Secular variation

We present the methods used to derive mathematical models of global secular variation of the main geomagnetic field for the period 1985 to 2000. These secular-variation models are used in the construction of the candidate US/UK models for the Definitive Geomagnetic Reference Field at 1990, the International Geomagnetic Reference Field for 1995 to 2000, and the World Magnetic Model for...
Authors
S. Macmillan, D.R. Barraclough, J.M. Quinn, R.J. Coleman

Debris-flow hazards in the United States Debris-flow hazards in the United States

No abstract available.
Authors
Lynn Highland, Stephenson D. Ellen, Sarah B. Christian, William M. Brown

Digital compilation of landslide overview map of the conterminous United States Digital compilation of landslide overview map of the conterminous United States

This dataset consists of polygons enclosing areas of landslide incidence and susceptibility for the conterminous United States.
Authors
Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey

Depositional processes in large-scale debris-flow experiments Depositional processes in large-scale debris-flow experiments

This study examines the depositional process and characteristics of deposits of large‐scale experimental debris flows (to 15 m3) composed of mixtures of gravel (to 32 mm), sand, and mud. The experiments were performed using a 95‐m‐long, 2‐m‐wide debris‐flow flume that slopes 31°. Following release, experimental debris flows invariably developed numerous shallow (∼ 10 cm deep) surges...
Authors
J. J. Major
Was this page helpful?