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Taking the Earth's pulse
During the past 35 years, scientists have developed a vast network of seismometers that record earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and nuclear explosions throughout the world. Seismographic data support disaster response, scientific research, and global security. With this network, the United States maintains world leadership in monitoring the greatest natural and technological events that threaten o
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Robert L. Woodward, Harly M. Benz, William M. Brown
Digital compilation of landslide overview map of the conterminous United States
This dataset consists of polygons enclosing areas of landslide incidence and
susceptibility for the conterminous United States.
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History of the International Conference and Field Trip on Landslides (ICFL)
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E. E. Brabb
Geographic relations of landslide distribution and assessment of landslide hazards in the Blanco, Cibuco, and Coamo basins, Puerto Rico
Landslide occurrence is common in mountainous areas of Puerto Rico where mean annual rainfall and the frequency of intense storms are high and hillslopes are steep. Each year, landslides cause extensive damage to property and occasionally result in loss of life. Landslide maps developed from 1:20,000 scale aerial photographs in combination with a computerized geographic information system were use
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M. C. Larsen, A. J. Torres-Sanchez
Debris-flow hazards in the Blue Ridge of Virginia
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Paula L. Gori, William C. Burton
New trends in active faulting studies for seismic hazard assessment
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Enzo Boschi, D. Giardini, D. Pantosti, Gianluca Valensise, Ramon Arrowsmith, Peter W. Basham, R. Burgmann, Anthony J. Crone, Alan Hull, Robin K. McGuire, David Schwartz, Kerry Sieh, Steven N Ward, Robert S. Yeats
Overview of landslide problems, research, and mitigation, Cincinnati, Ohio, area
Landslides cause much damage to property throughout the metropolitan area of Cincinnati, Ohio. Most landslides occur in unconsolidated deposits, including colluvium, till, glacial lake clays, and man-made fill derived from colluvium and glacial deposits. Landslides in thin colluvium are widespread on steeper slopes that wall the valleys of the Ohio River and its tributaries. Abundant landslides al
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Rex L. Baum, Arvid M. Johnson
Quake Forecasting- An Emerging Capability
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Andrew Michael, Paul Reasenberg, Peter H. Stauffer, James W. Hendley
Submarine landslides
Landslides are common on inclined areas of the seafloor, particularly in environments where weak geologic materials such as rapidly deposited, finegrained sediment or fractured rock are subjected to strong environmental stresses such as earthquakes, large storm waves, and high internal pore pressures. Submarine landslides can involve huge amounts of material and can move great distances: slide vol
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M. A. Hampton, H. J. Lee, J. Locat
Landslides triggered by the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake
The 17 January 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake (Mw = 6.7) triggered more than 11,000 landslides over an area of about 10,000 km2. Most of the landslides were concentrated in a 1000-km2 area that included the Santa Susana Mountains and the mountains north of the Santa Clara River valley. We mapped landslides triggered by the earthquake in the field and from 1:60,000-nominal-scale aerial pho
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E. L. Harp, R. W. Jibson
Slope map and locations of irrigation-induced landslides and seepage areas, Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Idaho
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Alan F. Chleborad, Philip S. Powers
Site-response maps for the Los Angeles region based on earthquake ground motions
Ground-motion records from aftershocks of the 1994 Northridge earthquake and main-shock records from the 1971 San Fernando, 1987 Whittier Narrows, 1991 Sierra Madre, and 1994 Northridge earthquakes are used to estimate site response in the urban Los Angeles, California, area. Two frequency bands are considered, 0.5-1.5 Hz and 2.0-6.0 Hz. Instrument characteristics prevented going to lower frequenc
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Stephen H. Hartzell, Stephen C. Harmsen, Arthur D. Frankel, David L. Carver, Edward Cranswick, Mark E. Meremonte, John A. Michael