Directory of Landslides Resources

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Resources in This Category

• Geomorphology Research Group at CNR IRPI

  http://palpatine.irpi.cnr.it/Geomorphology
  Team of geologists, engineers and physicists interested in landslides, landslide hazards and the definition of the associated risk.

• Haneberg Geoscience

  http://www.haneberg.com/
  Consulting services in engineering geology, hydrogeology, and applied geomechanics. Research abstracts on landslides and related geologic hazards. Port Orchard, Washington.

• Kelso, WA landslide

  http://www.nwgeoscience.com/kelso/
  Site describing the second largest urban landslide in US history. Papers, photos, links, and a discussion group.

• Landslides and Avalanches

  http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/resources/web/landslides_avalanches.html
  Descriptive directory of some online resources, maintained by the University of Colorado.

• Mount St. Helens, Washington: Mudflows and Lahar Images 1980-2004

  http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/Images/mudflow_images.html
  Cascade Volcano Observatory photograph archive.

• Mt. St. Helens Dam Holds Mud off Cities

  http://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/18/us/around-the-nation-mt-st-helens-dam-holds-mud-off-cities-us-says.html
  Article from Around the Nation warning of the possible dangers to cities downstream from the mountain.

• Potential San Francisco Bay Landslides During El Niño

  http://elnino.usgs.gov/landslides-sfbay/
  Maps and fly-by movies available.

• Puget Sound Landslides

  http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/landslides/show/show.html
  Photographs and detailed descriptions of several areas prone to landslides.

• Pyroclastic Flow

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyroclastic_flow
  Article from Wikipedia on this fast-moving torrent of hot gas and rock which can travel down the slopes of a volcano at great speed.

• SHALSTAB - A Digital Terrain Model for Mapping Shallow Landslide Potential

  http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~geomorph/shalstab/index.htm
  Technical report on, and free download of, a very simple model for mapping shallow landslide potential.

• USGS: Landslide Hazards Program

  http://landslides.usgs.gov/
  Responsible for reporting and researching landslides.

• Volcanology

  http://www.geo.umass.edu/courses/volcanology/St%20Helens.pdf
  Photographs and information on debris avalanches, mudflows, ash deposits and pyroclastic flows.

• When Rivers of Rock Flow

  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Lahars/
  Article from the Earth Observatory about the rivers of rock and water that overwhelmed a village on the slopes of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1994.

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