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Landslides triggered by the Northridge earthquake Landslides triggered by the Northridge earthquake
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R.W. Jibson, E. L. Harp, D. K. Keefer, R. C. Wilson
Rapid water-level fluctuations in a thin colluvium landslide west of Cincinnati, Ohio Rapid water-level fluctuations in a thin colluvium landslide west of Cincinnati, Ohio
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William C. Haneberg, A. Onder Gokce
Landslides in colluvium Landslides in colluvium
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Authors
Robert W. Fleming, Arvid M. Johnson
Priorities for landslide mapping during the International Decade of Hazard Reduction Priorities for landslide mapping during the International Decade of Hazard Reduction
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Authors
E. E. Brabb
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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
Proposal for worldwide landslide hazard maps Proposal for worldwide landslide hazard maps
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Authors
E. E. Brabb
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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
Klamath Falls earthquakes, September 20, 1993 — Including the strongest quake ever measured in Oregon Klamath Falls earthquakes, September 20, 1993 — Including the strongest quake ever measured in Oregon
Earthquakes struck the Klamath Falls area on Monday night, September 20, 1993, resulting in two deaths and extensive damage. The quakes were felt as far away as Coos Bay to the west, Eugene to the north, Lakeview to the east, and Chico, California, to the south. A foreshock recorded at 8:16 p.m. had a Richter magnitude of 3.9. The first of two main shocks, measuring 5.9 on the Richter...
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T. J. Wiley, David R. Sherrod, David K. Keefer, Anthony Qamar, Robert L. Schuster, James W. Dewey, Matthew A. Mabey, Gerald L. Black, Ray E. Wells
Landslides triggered by the storm of November 3-5, 1985, Wills Mountain Anticline, West Virginia and Virginia Landslides triggered by the storm of November 3-5, 1985, Wills Mountain Anticline, West Virginia and Virginia
More than 3,000 landslides were triggered by heavy rainfall in the central Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia and Virginia, November 3-5, 1985. These landslides provided the opportunity to study spatial controls on landslides, magnitude and frequency of triggering events, and the effects of landslides on flood-induced geomorphic change. The study area consists of parts of the Wills...
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Robert B. Jacobson, John P. McGeehin, Elizabeth D. Cron, Carolyn E. Carr, John M. Harper, Alan D. Howard
Rainfall-threshold conditions for landslides in a humid-tropical system Rainfall-threshold conditions for landslides in a humid-tropical system
Landslides are triggered by factors such as heavy rainfall, seismic activity, and construction on hillslopes. The leading cause of landslides in Puerto Rico is intense and/or prolonged rainfall. A rainfall threshold for rainfall-triggered landsliding is delimited by 256 storms that occurred between 1959 and 1991 in the central mountains of Puerto Rico, where mean annual rainfall is close...
Authors
Matthew C. Larsen, Andrew Simon
Broad trends in geomagnetic paleointensity on Hawaii during Holocene time Broad trends in geomagnetic paleointensity on Hawaii during Holocene time
Paleointensity determinations have been obtained from 22 basaltic lava flows on the island of Hawaii using the Thelliers' method. Radiocarbon dating indicates that these flows erupted at intervals ranging from about 200 to 1000 years, and results of the experiments provide an estimate of broad trends in geomagnetic paleointensity during Holocene time in the vicinity of Hawaii. Most of...
Authors
Edward A. Mankinen, Duane E. Champion
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Slumgullion; Colorado’s natural landslide laboratory Slumgullion; Colorado’s natural landslide laboratory
The mammoth Slumgullion landslide in southwestern Colorado is the largest actively moving landslide in Colorado and, perhaps, the entire country. To learn more about how and why landslides move the way they do, scientists at the U.S Geological Survey (USGS) have observed and monitored the remarkably regular movement of this landslide for more than 30 years. Located near Lake City in the...
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L.M. Highland
Instrumental shaking thresholds for seismically induced landslides and preliminary report on landslides triggered by the October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta, California earthquake Instrumental shaking thresholds for seismically induced landslides and preliminary report on landslides triggered by the October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta, California earthquake
The generation of seismically induced landslide depends on the characteristics of shaking as well as mechanical properties of geologic materials. A very important parameter in the study of seismically induced landslide is the intensity based on a strong-motion accelerogram: it is defined as Arias intensity and is proportional to the duration of the shaking record as well as the amplitude...
Authors
E. L. Harp