Directory of Landslides Resources

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Landslides can occur after heavy rain, if a retaining structure gives way, or if a weakness develops in the ground. They are called mudslides if the soil is saturated with water.

Resources in This Category

• Fly-by Movies of Ancient Landslides

  http://elnino.usgs.gov/landslides-sfbay/photos.html
  Computer simulation and film footage shows landslides and mudflows that took place in California in 1996 and 1997.

• Geography Site: Lahars and Pyroclastic Flows

  http://www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/physical/earth/volcanoes/pyroclastic%20flows.html
  Explains the causes and effects of pyroclasitic flows.

• Mount St. Helens

  http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/st_helens/st_helens_gallery_28.html
  View pictures and descriptions of the landslides and their aftermath.

• Puget Sound Landslides

  http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/landslides/show/show.html
  A slideshow of photographs and explanations about the causes and effects of landslides in this part of US state of Washington.

• When Rivers of Rock Flow

  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Lahars/
  Learn what a lahar is, where they occur, and the destruction they cause.

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