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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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LANDSLIDE DAMMED LAKES AT MOUNT ST. HELENS, WASHINGTON. LANDSLIDE DAMMED LAKES AT MOUNT ST. HELENS, WASHINGTON.
The collapse of the north face of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, and the debris avalanche that resulted blocked outflow from Spirit Lake and Coldwater and South Fork Castle Creeks. Spirit Lake began to increase in size and lakes began to form in the canyons of Coldwater and South Fork Castle Creeks. Coldwater and Castle Lakes would have overtopped their respective blockages in late...
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William Meyer, Martha A. Sabol, Robert Schuster
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
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
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
A model for the plastic flow of landslides A model for the plastic flow of landslides
To further the understanding of the mechanics of landslide flow, we present a model that predicts many of the observed attributes of landslides. The model is based on an integration of the hyperbolic differential equations for stress and velocity fields in a two-dimensional, inclined, semi-infinite half-space of Coulomb plastic material under elevated pore pressure and gravity. Our...
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William Z. Savage, William K. Smith
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
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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
Reconnaissance landslide map of the Healdsburg 15-minute Quadrangle, Sonoma County, California Reconnaissance landslide map of the Healdsburg 15-minute Quadrangle, Sonoma County, California
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Carl M. Wentworth
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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
Bibliography of United States landslide maps and reports Bibliography of United States landslide maps and reports
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C.S. Alger, 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
Proceedings of Workshop XXVIII on the Borah Peak, Idaho, earthquake: Volume B. Fault scarps, landslides and other features associated with the Borah Peak earthquake of October 28, 1983, central Idaho: A field trip guide, with a section on the Doublespring Proceedings of Workshop XXVIII on the Borah Peak, Idaho, earthquake: Volume B. Fault scarps, landslides and other features associated with the Borah Peak earthquake of October 28, 1983, central Idaho: A field trip guide, with a section on the Doublespring
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Anthony J. Crone, M. H. Hait