BALT4 Landslide Monitoring Site - near Pacifica, CA
Detailed Description
The USGS “BALT4” site is located in San Mateo County, south of San Francisco, and consists of dataloggers monitoring the hillslope in the central part of the image. This slope is typical for many in the San Francisco Peninsula region that have generated mobile debris flows in the past. The area consists of shrublands over an approximately 1-meter-deep sandy soil layer, underlain by sandstone.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.