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El Nino and the National Landslide Hazard Outlook for 1997-1998

No abstract available.
Authors
Jonathan W. Godt, Lynn M. Highland, William Z. Savage

Debris-flow hazards in the United States

No abstract available.
Authors
Lynn Highland, Stephenson D. Ellen, Sarah B. Christian, 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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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

Authors
M. C. Larsen, A. J. Torres-Sanchez

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
Authors
Rex L. Baum, Arvid M. Johnson

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
Authors
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
Authors
E. L. Harp, R. W. Jibson