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Seismically induced landslides: current research by the US Geological Survey. Seismically induced landslides: current research by the US Geological Survey.
We have produced a regional seismic slope-stability map and a probabilistic prediction of landslide distribution from a postulated earthquake. For liquefaction-induced landslides, in situ measurements of seismically induced pore-water pressures have been used to establish an elastic model of pore pressure generation. -from Authors
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E. L. Harp, R. C. Wilson, D. K. Keefer, G. F. Wieczorek
Landslides Landslides
The slopes above streams and rivers are subjected to a variety of processes that cause them to recede and retreat from the river or stream channel. These processes, collectively called mass wasting, can be classified according to rapidity of movement and according to the type of materials that are transported. Gravity is the force behind all such downslope movement. Factors that enable...
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PERSPECTIVE ON LANDSLIDE DAMS. PERSPECTIVE ON LANDSLIDE DAMS.
The most common types of mass movements that form landslide dams are rock and soil slumps and slides; mud, debris, and earth flows: and rock and debris avalanches. The most common initiation mechanisms for dam-forming landslides are excessive rainfall and snow melt, and earthquakes. Most landslide dams are remarkable short-lived. In a sample of 63 documented cases, 22 percent of the...
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Robert L. Schuster, John E. Costa
Economic Losses and Fatalities Due to Landslides Economic Losses and Fatalities Due to Landslides
Annual losses in the United States, Japan, Italy, and India have been estimated at 1 billion or more each. During the period 1971-74, nearly 600 people per year were killed by landslides worldwide; about 90 percent of these deaths occurred in the Circum-Pacific region. From 1967-82, 150 people per year died in Japan as a result of slope failures. In the United States, the number of...
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Robert L. Schuster, Robert W. Fleming
Some Techniques for Reducing Landslide Hazards Some Techniques for Reducing Landslide Hazards
Many techniques are available for reducing landslide hazards; 27 are described in this paper. Prerequisites for the successful use of these techniques are hazard information understandable to nongeologists and adequate communication of this information to those who will, or are required to, use it. It is concluded that certain factors needed to ensure the lasting effectiveness of these...
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William J. Kockelman
Map showing the status of landslide inventory and susceptibility mapping in California Map showing the status of landslide inventory and susceptibility mapping in California
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Fred Taylor, E. E. Brabb
On the line: Losing by a landslide, invited comment On the line: Losing by a landslide, invited comment
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E. E. Brabb
Feasibility of a nationwide program for the identification and delineation of hazards from mud flows and other landslides; Chapter C, Priority U.S. areas for the delineation of susceptibility to mud flows and other landslides Feasibility of a nationwide program for the identification and delineation of hazards from mud flows and other landslides; Chapter C, Priority U.S. areas for the delineation of susceptibility to mud flows and other landslides
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Russell H. Campbell