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Landslides:     more books (101)

Landslides in Practice: Investigation, Analysis, and Remedial/Preventative Options in Soils by Derek Cornforth, 2005-02-25 Landslide by Desmond Bagley, 2008-11-28 Don't Buy Another Vote, I Won't Pay for a Landslide: The Sordid And Continuing History of Political Corruption in West Virginia by Allen H. Loughry, 2006-06-18 Landslides - Disaster Risk Reduction Avalanche And Landslide Alert! (Disaster Alert!) by Vanessa Walker, Amanda Bishop, 2004-09 Liberal Landslide: The General Election of 1906 (Elections and administrations series) by A. Russell, 1973-09 Landslides: Analysis and Control (Special report - Transportation Research Board, National Research Council ; 176) by Robert L. Schuster, 1978-06 Landslides and Avalanches in Action (Natural Disasters in Action) by Louise Spilsbury, Richard Spilsbury, 2008-09 LANDSLIDE PA by Jane Mayer, Doyle McManus, 1989-10-18 Landslides: Investigation and Mitigation (National Research Council (U.S.) Transportation Research Board Special Report) Landslides: Processes, Prediction, and Land Use (Water Resources Monograph) by Roy C. Sidle, Hirotaka Ochiai, 2006-05 Geological Hazards: Earthquakes - Tsunamis - Volcanoes - Avalanches - Landslides - Floods (Springer Study Edition) by B.A. Bolt, W.L. Horn, et all 1982-08-03 Landslide Hazards and Planning by Paula L. Gori, 2005-09-01 Landslides and related phenomena;: A study of mass-movements of soil and rock (Columbia geomorphic studies) by C. F. Stewart Sharpe, 1960

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1. Landslide Hazards Program
   USGS Landslide Hazards Program, responsible for reporting and researching landslides and landslide hazards.  
   http://landslides.usgs.gov/
   
   Extractions: Flash Flood Warning for the Santiago and Sierra Burned Areas in San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange Counties, CA More Info Events More What's New Photo of the 2005 La Conchita Landslide. Landslides constitute a major geologic hazard because they are widespread, occur in all 50 states and U.S. territories, and cause $1-2 billion in damages and more than 25 fatalities on average each year. Expansion of urban and recreational developments into hillside areas leads to more people that are threatened by landslides each year. Landslides commonly occur in connection with other major natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes, wildfires, and floods. The primary objective of the National Landslide Hazards Program (LHP) is to reduce long-term losses from landslide hazards by improving our understanding of the causes of ground failure and suggesting mitigation strategies.

2. Landslides
   landslides are rock, earth, or debris flows on slopes due to gravity. They can occur on any terrain given the right conditions of soil, moisture,  
   http://www.ussartf.org/landslides.htm
   
   Extractions: United States Search and Rescue Task Force Landslides Damage To Homes By Landslides WHAT ARE LANDSLIDES? What Are Landslides? The U.S. Geological Survey, working with other federal agencies, has efforts underway to study, plan, and mitigate landslide risks. So have some communities across the country. Many deal with landslides as part of flood control, erosion control, hillside management, earthquake hazard mitigation, road stabilization, and other programs. Perhaps the most common reminders of landslide risks are those "Watch For Falling Rocks" highway signs. Although "sliding rocks" is more apt, very few get to see a land slide. Occasionally we see small rocks or debris on the pavement, but a large size slide usually starts with such small incidents. Visually, a landslide resembles a snow avalanche, only with a louder rumbling noise, and is capable of generating enough force and momentum to wipe anything in its path. One such devastating landslide wiped entire towns and villages in Columbia in 1985 when 20,000 died. The pictures you see on this web site (including the background of this page), are recent examples from around the country. They show what's left after a slide. In some cases, only the rail or pavement is mangled, in others a house or building crushed, but in almost every aftermath, the losses are real, the damages total, and the terrain changes permanent.

3. Natural Hazards - Landslides
   Landslide potential of the conterminous United States Red areas have very high potential, yellow areas have high potential, and green areas have moderate  
   http://www.usgs.gov/hazards/landslides/
   
   Extractions: Hi-res Low-res Landslides occur and can cause damage in all 50 States. Severe storms, earthquakes, volcanic activity, coastal wave attack, and wildfires can cause widespread slope instability. Landslide danger may be high even as emergency personnel are providing rescue and recovery services. To address landslide hazards, several questions must be considered: Where and when will landslides occur? How big will the landslides be? How fast and how far will they move? What areas will the landslides affect or damage? How frequently do landslides occur in a given area? Answers to these questions are needed to make accurate landslide hazard maps and forecasts of landslide occurrence, and to provide information on how to avoid or mitigate landslide impacts.

4. SpringerLink Home - Main
   www.springerlink.com/openurl. asp?genre=journal issn=1612510X - Similar pages landslides Aerial PhotographyItalian Atlas 2007 - Portrait of a Changing Italy Museum of Art for the XXI Century (MAXXI, formerly The Contemporary Art and Architecture Centre)  
   http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=1612-510X

5. Landslides!--Earth Science Lesson Plan (grades 6-8)--DiscoverySchool.com
   Students learn how different soil materials can produce varying types of landslides; how scientists can predict where landslides could occur.  
   http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/landslides/
   
   Extractions: Stream table or a container to act as a stream table (milk carton with one side cut away) Materials to line stream table: sand, soil, pebbles, diatomaceous earth, clay, mixture of material Graduated cylinder Watering can (soda bottle) Plastic sheeting or newspaper to cover lab tables or floor Scale or balance to measure amount of material in landslide (optional) Procedures

6. Volcanic Hazards: Landslides
   Describes and illustrates volcano landslides, including the ways in which they are generated and their effects on the environment.  
   http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Hazards/What/Landslides/landslides.html
   
   Extractions: Gas Lahars Landslides Lava Flows Pyroclastic Flows Tephra Start of landslide Landslides are large masses of rock and soil that fall, slide, or flow very rapidly under the force of gravity. These mixtures of debris move in a wet or dry state, or both. Landslides commonly originate as massive rockslides or avalanches which disintegrate during movement into fragments ranging in size from small particles to enormous blocks hundreds of meters across. If the moving rock debris is large enough and contains a large content of water and fine material (typically, >3-5 percent of clay-sized particles), the landslide may transform into a lahar and flow downvalley more than 100 km from a volcano! Volcano landslides range in size from less than 1 km to more than 100 km . The high velocity (>100 km/hr) and great momentum of landslides allows them to run up slopes and to cross valley divides up to several hundred meters high. For example, the landslide at Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, had a volume of 2.5 km , reached speeds of 50-80 m/s (180-288 km/hr), and surged up and over a 400 m tall ridge located about 5 km from the volcano!

7. Landslide Types And Processes
   landslides in the United States occur in all 50 States. The primary regions of landslide occurrence and potential are the coastal and mountainous areas of  
   http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2004/3072/fs-2004-3072.html
   
   Extractions: U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2004-3072 July 2004 Landslides in the United States occur in all 50 States. The primary regions of landslide occurrence and potential are the coastal and mountainous areas of California, Oregon, and Washington, the States comprising the intermountain west, and the mountainous and hilly regions of the Eastern United States. Alaska and Hawaii also experience all types of landslides. Landslides in the United States cause approximately $3.5 billion (year 2001 dollars) in damage, and kill between 25 and 50 people annually. Casualties in the United States are primarily caused by rockfalls, rock slides, and debris flows. Worldwide, landslides occur and cause thousands of casualties and billions in monetary losses annually. Click on image for larger version. La Conchita, coastal area of southern California. This landslide and earthflow occurred in the spring of 1995. People were evacuated and the houses nearest the slide were completely destroyed. This is a typical type of landslide. Photo by R.L. Schuster, U.S. Geological Survey. Figure 1. An idealized slump-earth flow showing commonly used nomenclature for labeling the parts of a landslide.

8. American Red Cross
   What Are landslides and Debris Flows, and What Causes Them Learn whether landslides or debris flows have occurred in your area by contacting local  
   http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_588_,00.html
   
   Extractions: Landslides are a serious geologic hazard common to almost every state in the United States. It is estimated that nationally they cause up to $2 billion in damages and from 25 to 50 deaths annually. Globally, landslides cause billions of dollars in damage and thousands of deaths and injuries each year. Individuals can take steps to reduce their personal risk. Know about the hazard potential where you live, take steps to reduce your risk, and practice preparedness plans.

9. ScienceDaily: Landslide News
   landslides and mudslides. Learn about landslide history, hazards, research, predictions and building practices to minimize risks.  
   http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/landslides/

10. Italian Landslides Photos
    A collection of photographs taken by a geologist as he studied landslides and mudflows all over Italy.  
    http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/8211/

11. Landslides - Background Information
    This section provides background information on landslide types, events, causes and triggers; scroll down for more information.  
    http://www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/Landslide_Info/Landslides_background.htm
    
    Extractions: Landslide Information On This Site: Landslide presentation The following images were included in a MS PowerPoint presentation used by North Carolina Geological Survey geologists from the Asheville Regional Office at many public landslide outreach meetings. The presentation has been adapted to the Internet for broader distribution. This page is on "Background on landslide types, events, causes and triggers." Links to other topics appear in the contents shown above. Slide numbers correspond to those of the original MS PowerPoint presentation. Slide numbers "missing" are slides that were turned into text. Captions are from the original presentation.

12. Planning For Landslides - First Page
    A guidebook for incorporating landslide hazards into the planning process.  
    http://www.planning.org/landslides/

13. Puget Sound Landslides: Home Page
    This is the home page of Puget Sound landslides, a Web site by the Washington State Department of Ecology.  
    http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/landslides/

14. USGS Geologic Hazards Team
    US Geological Survey resources on hazards related to earthquakes, landslides, and geomagnetism.  
    http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/

15. Landslides And Debris Flows- Fly-by Movies, Animations, & Photos - USGS
    Computer simulation and film footage shows landslides and mudflows that took place in California in 1996 and 1997.  
    http://elnino.usgs.gov/landslides-sfbay/photos.html

16. Hawaiian Landslides
    Landslide debris has now been mapped off of all the islands. Enormous amounts of material have traveled great distances, indicating that the slides were  
    http://www.mbari.org/volcanism/Hawaii/HR-Landslides.htm
    
    Extractions: Photo © 2004 J.B. Paduan Volcanic activity and gentle erosion have not been the only forces to shape the Hawaiian islands. Landslide debris has now been mapped off of all the islands. Enormous amounts of material have traveled great distances, indicating that the slides were truly catastrophic. The Nuuanu and Wailau landslides, shown in the map, tore the volcanoes forming eastern Oahu and northern Molokai, respectively, in half, and deposited blocks large enough to have been given names as seamounts. Tsunamis generated during these slides would have been devastating around the entire Pacific Basin. (See the coral reefs page for evidence that an enormous tsunami hit the shores of Lanai.)

17. DAAC Study: When Land Slides
    Summer of 2001 was a season of devastating landslides. During June and July, landslides and floods throughout China s southern provinces left thousands dead  
    http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Landslide/
    
    Extractions: December 21, 2001 Summer of 2001 was a season of devastating landslides. During June and July, landslides and floods throughout China's southern provinces left thousands dead or homeless. At least 35 people died in a landslide west of Kathmandu, Nepal, and intense rain triggered severe flooding and landslides in 20 counties in West Virginia. In August, a landslide caused Ecuador's Sote oil pipeline to break, spilling some 1,000 barrels of crude oil and halting oil transport for a week. The Slumgullion landslide in Hinsdale County, Colorado, probably dammed Lake Fork between 800 and 900 years ago. Based on photogeologic analysis, it appears to be the only landslide in the area with continuously moving material. (Image courtesy of the USGS Slumgullion Field Trip . A new browser window will open.)

18. Ready.gov: Landslide And Debris Flow (Mudslide)
    landslides, also known as mudslides and debris flow, occur in all U.S. states and territories, and can be caused by a variety of factors including  
    http://www.ready.gov/america/beinformed/landslides.html
    
    Extractions: State and Local Information Here's Something To Think About... Make a list of contact information for area animal control agencies, including the Humane Society and emergency veterinary hospitals and treatment facilities. Landslides, also known as mudslides and debris flow, occur in all U.S. states and territories, and can be caused by a variety of factors including earthquakes, storms and fires. Landslides can occur quickly, often with little notice, the best way to plan for a mudslide is to stay informed about changes in and around your home that could signal that a Landslides is likely to occur. Look for changes in landscape and water drainage, or new cracks in foundations and sidewalks. Prepare for landslides by following proper land-use procedures - avoid building near steep slopes or along natural erosion valleys. Consult a professional for advice on appropriate preventative measures for your home or business, such as flexible pipe fittings, which can better resist breakage.

19. ENVIRONMENT-INDONESIA: Deforestation Causing More Than Landslides
    While conjecture remains over whether deforestation was to blame for the landslides and floods that killed dozens of people in Indonesia on Dec.26 last year  
    http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41520

20. Geology Of Mars } Landslides
    Mass movement (commonly referred to as landslides) represents a geological process where surface materials move downhill by gravity.  
    http://www.lukew.com/marsgeo/landslides.html
    
    Extractions: Mass movement (commonly referred to as landslides) represents a geological process where surface materials move downhill by gravity. Most of the Martian mass movements occur in Valles Marineris, the Grand Canyon of Mars. Figure 2.1 shows a section of a collapsed canyon wall. At the top of the picture, a rock avalanche at the three curved walls is clearly visible. There is also a large amount of debris accumulated at the foot of the walls. A close-up view of the central curved wall is shown in Figure 2.2 . The fan-shaped feature at the bottom is the front of a debris flow on the valley floor. Figure 2.3 is another view of debris that piled up to modify the valley floor on a large scale. Notice the lineated tectonic grabens on top of the plateau. (Graben represents a downthrown block of land mass produced by horizontal tensions.) The existence of these linear grabens suggests that Valles Marineris was probably formed by horizontal stretching of the regional tectonic stresses. Another interesting feature occurred on the valley floors of the fretted or chaotic terrain as shown in Figure 2.4 . Notice the lineated features on the valley floors. They were probably formed by the debris deposits coming off the steep walls. There may be some slow, glacier-like, down-slope movements parallel to the lineations, but much of the movements are in the direction perpendicular to these linear features.

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