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The morphology and chronology of a landslide near Dillon Dam, Dillon, Colorado The morphology and chronology of a landslide near Dillon Dam, Dillon, Colorado

Investigations were made of a landslide at the Dillon Dam site, Dillon, Colo., that included detailed laboratory and field analyses of the mineralogy, chemistry, and physical properties of landslide materials and the bedrock formations from which they were derived. These investigations provide an understanding of the relative importance of various factors contributing to the origin and
Authors
E.E. Wahlstrom, T. C. Nichols

Landslides in the vicinity of the Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota Landslides in the vicinity of the Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota

This report covers the first 4 years (1952 through 1956) of a project to investigate landslides in the vicinity of the Fort Randall Reservoir in South Dakota and to determine the effects of the new reservoir on landslide activity.
Authors
Christopher Forbes Erskine

Preliminary report on the geologic and geophysical investigations of the Loveland Basin landslide, Clear Creek County, Colorado Preliminary report on the geologic and geophysical investigations of the Loveland Basin landslide, Clear Creek County, Colorado

Geologic and geophysical investigations of the Loveland Basin landslide, which formed at the cut for the east portal of the Straight Creek tunnel, were made by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Public Road and the Colorado Department of Highways. The investigations indicate that the slide has a probable minimum volume of 500,000 cubic yards weighing 1,000...
Authors
Charles Sherwood Robinson, R. D. Carroll, Fitzhugh T. Lee

The landslide of Sainte-Adresse cliff The landslide of Sainte-Adresse cliff

The Sainte-Adresse Cliff in the neighborhood of Le Havre was subject in the past to repeated movements of greater of lesser scope which in 1944 have become markedly accentuated because of works on the "Atlantic Wall" and bomb and mine explosions. The situation became dangerous and required a complete study including geological and geotechnical surveys with borings and search of slip...
Authors
M. M. Buisson, Severine Britt
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