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USGS Monitors Huge Landslides on California's Big Sur Coast, Shares Information with California Department of Transportation

USGS Monitors Huge Landslides on California's Big Sur Coast, Shares Information with California Department of Transportation

On May 20, 2017, more than 2 million cubic meters of rock and dirt—enough to fill a line of dump trucks nearly a thousand miles long—collapsed down...

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USGS maps underwater part of Big Sur landslide at Mud Creek

USGS maps underwater part of Big Sur landslide at Mud Creek

Scientists from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center mapped the offshore extent of the Mud Creek landslide on California’s Big Sur coast...

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Huge landslide on California’s Big Sur coast continues to change

Huge landslide on California’s Big Sur coast continues to change

The Mud Creek landslide on California’s Big Sur coast keeps eroding.

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New Land Created by Slide on Big Sur Coast is Eroding

New Land Created by Slide on Big Sur Coast is Eroding

USGS analysis of air photos collected June 13 shows that new land created by a May 20 landslide on California’s Big Sur coast is eroding. 

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USGS maps, measures huge landslide on California's Big Sur coast

USGS maps, measures huge landslide on California's Big Sur coast

USGS scientists analyzing before-and-after air photos have calculated the size of the May 20 landslide on California’s Big Sur coast, about 140 miles...

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USGS helping to monitor and assess huge Big Sur landslide

USGS helping to monitor and assess huge Big Sur landslide

USGS is collecting and analyzing air photos to help monitor a huge landslide that occurred May 20 on California’s Big Sur coast.

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EarthView–Landsat Shows Spread of Soberanes Fire

EarthView–Landsat Shows Spread of Soberanes Fire

Landsat 8 shows the progression of one of the biggest wildfire in California yet this year...

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New USGS Fact Sheet About Landslides Delivering Slope Material to Nearshore Waters on California's Big Sur Coast

New USGS Fact Sheet About Landslides Delivering Slope Material to Nearshore Waters on California's Big Sur Coast

Landslides are common along the rugged Big Sur coast in central California

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Hyperspectral Data Analysis for Mapping Coastal Landslide Hazards Along the Big Sur Coast

Hyperspectral Data Analysis for Mapping Coastal Landslide Hazards Along the Big Sur Coast

The purpose of this fieldwork was to collect spectra—measurements of reflected sunlight—from the various rock types and fault materials along the Big...

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