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Team effort meets 1983 landslide emergency in Utah
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Authors
E. E. Brabb, R. W. Fleming
Landslides caused by earthquakes
Data from 40 historical world-wide earthquakes were studied to determine the characteristics, geologic environments, and hazards of landslides caused by seismic events. This sample of 40 events was supplemented with intensity data from several hundred United States earthquakes to study relations between landslide distribution and seismic parameters. Fourteen types of landslides were identified in
Authors
D. K. Keefer
Pedimentation versus debris-flow origin of plateau-side desert terraces in southern Utah
Plateau-side terraces in arid areas around the world are commonly described as pediment remnants, although, in many cases, they may have been formed by debris-flow deposition. Pediments do exist in the area of the Aquarius and Kaiparowits Plateaus of southern Utah; however, many alluvial terraces that were classified by previous workers as pediments are actually formed of thick deposits of sedimen
Authors
V. S. Williams
Preparing a Detailed Landslide-Inventory Map for Hazard Evaluation and Reduction
A method of preparing a detailed landslide-inventory map has been developed which provides the engineering geologist with the basic information for evaluating and reducing landslide hazards or risk on a regional or community level. For each landslide, the map depicts state of activity, certainty of identification, dominant type of slope movement, primary direction of movement, estimated thickness
Authors
Gerald F. Wieczorek
Landslide risk assessment
Landslide risk can be assessed by evaluating geological conditions associated with past events. A sample of 2,4 16 slides from urban areas in West Virginia, each with 12 associated geological factors, has been analyzed using SAS computer methods. In addition, selected data have been normalized to account for areal distribution of rock formations, soil series, and slope percents. Final calculations
Authors
P. Lessing, C.P. Messina, R.F. Fonner
Landslide investigations, southern Cianjur Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia; a progress report
Two landslide-monitoring sites have been established for a minimum 2-year investigation near the villages of Pasirpari and Cibacang in southern Cianjur Regency, West Java, Indonesia. Surveyed-in lines will measure amounts of surface movement and tilt, borings that produced exploratory cores now serve as slip-surface detectors and open-pipe piezometers, and rain gages will record rainfall at both s
Authors
John R. Ege
Landslides and related ground failures from the May 2, 1983, Coalinga, California earthquake
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Authors
E. L. Harp, R. C. Wilson, D. K. Keefer
Distribution and costs of landslides in San Diego County, California, during the rainfall years of 1978-79 and 1979-80
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Authors
Clement F. Shearer, Fred A. Taylor, Robert W. Fleming
Landslides in the Greater Pittsburgh region, Pennsylvania
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Authors
John S. Pomeroy
Landslide overview map of the conterminous United States
The accompanying landslide overview map of the conterminous United States is one of a series of National Environmental Overview Maps that summarize geologic, hydrogeologic, and topographic data essential to the assessment of national environmental problems. The map delineates areas where large numbers of landslides exist and areas which are susceptible to landsliding. It was prepared by evaluating
Authors
Dorothy H. Radbruch-Hall, Roger B. Colton, William E. Davies, Ivo Lucchitta, Betty A. Skipp, David J. Varnes