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Evaluation of CAMEL - comprehensive areal model of earthquake-induced landslides
A new comprehensive areal model of earthquake-induced landslides (CAMEL) has been developed to assist in planning decisions related to disaster risk reduction. CAMEL provides an integrated framework for modeling all types of earthquake-induced landslides using fuzzy logic systems and geographic information systems. CAMEL is designed to facilitate quantitative and qualitative representation of terr
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S.B. Miles, D. K. Keefer
Test of a method to calculate near-bank velocity and boundary shear stress
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Jason W. Kean, Roger A. Kuhnle, J. Dungan Smith, Carlos V. Alonso, Eddy J. Langendoen
Submarine landslides of the Southern California Borderland
Conventional bathymetry, sidescan-sonar and seismic-reflection data, and recent, multibeam surveys of large parts of the Southern California Borderland disclose the presence of numerous submarine landslides. Most of these features are fairly small, with lateral dimensions less than ??2 km. In areas where multibeam surveys are available, only two large landslide complexes were identified on the mai
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H.J. Lee, H. Gary Greene, B. D. Edwards, M. A. Fisher, W. R. Normark
Timing of occurrence of large submarine landslides on the Atlantic Ocean margin
Submarine landslides are distributed unevenly both in space and time. Spatially, they occur most commonly in fjords, active river deltas, submarine canyon-fan systems, the open continental slope and on the flanks of oceanic volcanic islands. Temporally, they are influenced by the size, location, and sedimentology of migrating depocenters, changes in seafloor pressures and temperatures, variations
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H.J. Lee
Submarine landslide as the source for the October 11, 1918 Mona Passage tsunami: Observations and modeling
The October 11, 1918 ML 7.5 earthquake in the Mona Passage between Hispaniola
and Puerto Rico generated a local tsunami that claimed approximately 100 lives
along the western coast of Puerto Rico. The area affected by this tsunami is
now significantly more populated. Newly acquired high-resolution bathymetry
and seismic reflection lines in the Mona Passage show a fresh submarine landslide
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A.M. López-Venegas, Uri S. ten Brink, Eric L. Geist
A landslide in Tertiary marine shale with superheated fumaroles, Coast Ranges, California
In August 2004, a National Forest fire crew extinguished a 1.2 ha fire in a wilderness area ~40 km northeast of Santa Barbara, California. Examination revealed that the fire originated on a landslide dotted with superheated fumaroles. A 4 m borehole punched near the hottest (262 °C) fumarole had a maximum temperature of 307 °C. Temperatures in this borehole have been decreasing by ~0.1 °C/d, altho
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Robert H. Mariner, Scott A. Minor, A. King, J.R. Boles, Karl S. Kellogg, William C. Evans, Gary Landis, A.G. Hunt, Christy B. Till
Deciphering landslide behavior using large-scale flume experiments
Landslides can be triggered by a variety of hydrologic events and they can exhibit a wide range of movement dynamics. Effective prediction requires understanding these diverse behaviors. Precise evaluation in the field is difficult; as an alternative we performed a series of landslide initiation experiments in the large-scale, USGS debris-flow flume. We systematically investigated the effects of t
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Mark E. Reid, Richard M. Iverson, Neal R. Iverson, Richard G. LaHusen, Dianne L. Brien, Matthew Logan
The Landslide Handbook - A Guide to Understanding Landslides
This handbook is intended to be a resource for people affected by landslides to acquire further knowledge, especially about the conditions that are unique to their neighborhoods and communities. Considerable literature and research are available concerning landslides, but unfortunately little of it is synthesized and integrated to address the geographically unique geologic and climatic conditions
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Lynn M. Highland, Peter Bobrowsky
Landslides Mapped from LIDAR Imagery, Kitsap County, Washington
Landslides are a recurring problem on hillslopes throughout the Puget Lowland, Washington, but can be difficult to identify in the densely forested terrain. However, digital terrain models of the bare-earth surface derived from LIght Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) data express topographic details sufficiently well to identify landslides. Landslides and escarpments were mapped using LIDAR imagery an
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Jonathan P. McKenna, David J. Lidke, Jeffrey A. Coe
Debris-Flow Hazards within the Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States
Tropical storms, including hurricanes, often inflict major damage to property and disrupt the lives of people living in coastal areas of the Eastern United States. These storms also are capable of generating catastrophic landslides within the steep slopes of the Appalachian Mountains. Heavy rainfall from hurricanes, cloudbursts, and thunderstorms can generate rapidly moving debris flows that are a
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Gerald F. Wieczorek, Benjamin A. Morgan
Multiple Landslide-Hazard Scenarios Modeled for the Oakland-Berkeley Area, Northern California
With the exception of Los Angeles, perhaps no urban area in the United States is more at risk from landsliding, triggered by either precipitation or earthquake, than the San Francisco Bay region of northern California. By January each year, seasonal winter storms usually bring moisture levels of San Francisco Bay region hillsides to the point of saturation, after which additional heavy rainfall ma
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Richard J. Pike, Russell W. Graymer
Landslide and Land Subsidence Hazards to Pipelines
Landslides and land subsidence pose serious hazards to pipelines throughout the world. Many existing pipeline corridors and more and more new pipelines cross terrain that is affected by either landslides, land subsidence, or both. Consequently the pipeline industry recognizes a need for increased awareness of methods for identifying and evaluating landslide and subsidence hazard for pipeline corri
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Rex L. Baum, Devin L. Galloway, Edwin L. Harp