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Design and quantification of an extreme winter storm scenario for emergency preparedness and planning exercises in California
The USGS Multihazards Project is working with numerous agencies to evaluate and plan for hazards and damages that could be caused by extreme winter storms impacting California. Atmospheric and hydrological aspects of a hypothetical storm scenario have been quantified as a basis for estimation of human, infrastructure, economic, and environmental impacts for emergency-preparedness and flood-plannin
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M. D. Dettinger, Ralph F. Martin, M. Hughes, Tapash Das, P. Neiman, Dale A. Cox, G. Estes, D. Reynolds, R. Hartman, Daniel Cayan, L. Jones
Isostatic gravity map of the Point Sur 30' x 60' quadrangle and adjacent areas, California
This isostatic residual gravity map is part of a regional effort to investigate the tectonics and water resources of the central Coast Range. This map serves as a basis for modeling the shape of basins and for determining the location and geometry of faults in the area. Local spatial variations in the Earth's gravity field (after removing variations caused by instrument drift, earth-tides, latitud
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J. T. Watt, R. L. Morin, V. E. Langenheim
Overview of the ARkStorm scenario
The U.S. Geological Survey, Multi Hazards Demonstration Project (MHDP) uses hazards science to improve resiliency of communities to natural disasters including earthquakes, tsunamis, wildfires, landslides, floods and coastal erosion. The project engages emergency planners, businesses, universities, government agencies, and others in preparing for major natural disasters. The project also helps to
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Keith Porter, Anne Wein, Charles N. Alpers, Allan Baez, Patrick L. Barnard, James Carter, Alessandra Corsi, James Costner, Dale Cox, Tapash Das, Mike Dettinger, James Done, Charles Eadie, Marcia Eymann, Justin Ferris, Prasad Gunturi, Mimi Hughes, Robert Jarrett, Laurie Johnson, Hanh Dam Le-Griffin, David Mitchell, Suzette Morman, Paul Neiman, Anna Olsen, Suzanne Perry, Geoffrey Plumlee, Martin Ralph, David Reynolds, Adam Rose, Kathleen Schaefer, Julie Serakos, William Siembieda, Jonathan D. Stock, David Strong, Ian Sue Wing, Alex Tang, Pete Thomas, Ken Topping, Chris Wills, Lucile Jones
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Earthquake Hazards Program, Science Application for Risk Reduction, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Big Sur Landslides, Reducing Risk, San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary
National assessment of shoreline change, part 4: Historical coastal cliff retreat along the California coast
Coastal cliff retreat, the landward migration of the cliff face, is a chronic problem along many rocky coastlines in the United States. As coastal populations continue to grow and community infrastructures are threatened by erosion, there is increased demand for accurate information regarding trends and rates of coastal cliff retreat. There is also a need for a comprehensive analysis of cliff retr
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Cheryl J. Hapke, David Reid
Coastal landslide material loss rates associated with severe climatic events
Deep-seated landslides along the California coast deliver large amounts of material to the nearshore littoral environment. Landslide movement, a combined result of slope base undercutting by waves and ground saturation, is highly episodic. Movement occurs primarily during periods of high rainfall and large waves, such as those associated with El Nin??o events. This analysis applies remote-sensing
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C.J. Hapke, K.R. Green
Rates of landsliding and cliff retreat along the Big Sur Coast, California— Measuring a crucial baseline
No abstract available.
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Cheryl J. Hapke, Krystal R. Green
Decadal-scale analysis of coastal landslides along the Big Sur coast: Rates and processes
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Cheryl J. Hapke, Krystal R. Green
Estimation of regional material yield from coastal landslides based on historical digital terrain modelling
High-resolution historical (1942) and recent (1994) digital terrain models were derived from aerial photographs along the Big Sur coastline in central California to measure the long-term volume of material that enters the nearshore environment. During the 52-year measurement time period, an average of 21 000 ?? 3100 m3 km-1 a-1 of material was eroded from nine study sections distributed along the
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C.J. Hapke
Beach systems: sediment yield from Big Sur coastal landslides
No abstract available.
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Cheryl Hapke
Multichannel seismic-reflection profiles collected in 1979, between latitudes 34 degrees 15' and 36 degrees 30' north, off the California coast from Pt. Conception to Point Sur
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D. S. McCulloch, D. M. Mann, R. Sliter, P.H. McClellan
Geologic maps of the Monterey, Salinas, Gonzales, Point Sur, Jamesburg, Soledad, and Junipero Serra 15' quadrangles, Monterey County, California
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T.W. Dibblee