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Acute Sensitivity of Landslide Rates to Initial Soil Porosity. Iverson, R. M.; Reid, M. E.; Iverson, N. R.; LaHusen, R. G.; Logan, M.; Mann, J. E., and Brien, D. L., 2000, Science, v.290, n.5491, p. 513-516.

A Case Study in GIS-Based Environmental Model Validation Using Earthquake-Induced Landslide Hazard. Miles, S.B.; Keefer, D.K.; and Nyerges, T.L., 2000, Fourth Int. Symp. on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Env. Sciences, Amsterdam, pp. 104-114.

Climatic Variations in Rainfall Thresholds for Debris-Flow Activity. Wilson, R. C., 2000, in Claps, P., and Wieczorek, G. W., eds., Proceedings of the First Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms, Maratea, Italy, 14-16 October, 1999, European Geophysical Union, p. 415-42.

Climatic Variations in Rainfall Thresholds for Debris-Flow Activity--A Search for Mechanisms. Wilson, R. C., in press, in Mugnai, A., and Guzzetti, F., eds., Proceedings of the Second Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Storms, Siena, Italy, 16-18 October, 2000 European Geophysical Union, 15 ms pp. (Director's approval 1/11/2001.)

Digital Terrain Modeling and Industrial Surface Metrology: Converging Realms. Pike, R.J., 2001, The Professional Geographer, v. 53, no. 2, p. 263-274.

Earthquake-Induced Slope Instability: Relative Hazard Map Western Portion of the Salem Hills, Marion County, Oregon. Hofmeister, R.J., Wang, Y., and Keefer, D.K., 2000, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Interpretive Map Series IMS-17, scale 1:24,000.

Effects of Surface-Normal Ground Acceleration on the Initiation of the Jih-Feng-Erh-Shan Landslide During the 1999 Chi_Chi, Taiwan, Earthquake. Huang, C-C., Lee, Y-H., Liu, H-P., Keefer, D.K., and Jibson, R.W., [in press], Seismological Society of America Bulletin.

The Encyclopaedia of Geomorphology and Landforms. Keefer, D. K., in press, Earthquakes and Landslides, in Gerrard, J., ed., New York, Chapman and Hall, 12 p.

Evaluation of Seismic Slope-Performance Models Using a Regional Case Study. Miles, S.B. and Keefer, D.K., 2000, Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 11 (1) pp. 25-39.

Forest Clearing and Regional Landsliding. Montgomery, D.R., Schmidt, K.M., Greenberg, H.M., and Dietrich, W.E., 2000, Geology, v. 28, p. 311-314.

Geomorphic Indicies of Tectonic Activity Near Pahrump, Nevada and California. Schmidt, K.M., 2000, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 81, no. 48.

Geomorphometry: Diversity in Quantitative Surface Analysis. Pike, R.J., 2000, Progress in Physical Geography, v. 24, no. 1, p. 1-20.

A GIS-Based Regional Analysis of the Potential for Shallow-Seated Submarine Slope Failure. Lee, H.J., Locat, J., Dartnell, P., Minasian, D., and Wong, F., 2000, Proc., 8th International Symposium on Landslides, Cardiff, Wales, June, 2000, p. 917-922.

Gravitational Stability of Three-Dimensional Stratovolcano Edifices. Reid, M.E., Christian, S.B., and Brien, D.L., 2000, Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, v. 105, n. 3, p. 6042-6056.

Landslides and Cities: An Unwanted Partnership. Pike, R.J., Howell, D.G., and Graymer, R.W., in Heiken, Grant, Fakundiny, Robert, and Sutter, J.F., eds., Earth Science in the Cities: American Geophysical Union Monograph XXX, 113 ms. pp., Director's approval 07/9/01, in review At AGU.

Late Paleo-Indian Coastal Foragers: Specialized Extractive Behavior at Quebrada Tacahuay, Peru. deFrance, S.D., Keefer, D.K., Umire, A.A., and Richardson, J.B., in press, Latin American Antiquity, v. 12, no. 4.

Map and Map Database of Susceptibility to Slope Failure by Sliding and Earthflow in the Oakland Area, California. Pike, R.J., Graymer, R.W., Roberts, Sebastian, Kalman, N.B., and Sobieszczyk, Steven, 2001, U.S. Geol. Survey, MF-XXX, 90ms. p. to WPG 08/13.

The Miraflores El Niño Disaster; Convergent Catastrophes and Prehistoric Agrarian Change in Southern Peru. Satterlee, D.R., Moseley, M.E., Keefer, D.K., and Tapia Arana, J.E., 2001, Andean Past, v. 6, p. 95-117.

Neogene Contraction Between the San Andreas Fault and the Santa Clara Valley, San Francisco Bay region, California: Tectonic Studies of Asia and the Pacific Rim: Stanford, CA. McLaughlin, R.J., Langenheim, V.E., Schmidt, K.M., Jachens, R.C., Stanley, R.G., Jayko, A.S., McDougall, K.A., Tinsley, J.C., and Valin, Z.C., 2000, Bellwether Publishing for the Geological Society of America, Columbia, MD, 265-294 p.

Regional Variability of Slope Stability: Application to the Eel Margin, California. Lee, H.J., Locat, J., Dartnell, P., and Wong, F., 1999, Marine Geology, 154, 305-321.

Relative Earthquake Hazard Map of the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area, Lane County, Oregon. Black, G. L., Wang, Z., Wiley, T. J., Wang, Y., and Keefer, D. K., 2000, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Interpretive Map Series IMS-14, 16 pp. + 1 plate.

Researchers Consider U.S. Southwest's Response to Warmer, Drier Climate. Schmidt, K.M., and Webb, R.H., 2001, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 82, no. 41, p. 475-478.

Scenerio Based Landslide Hazards in the Oakland-Berkeley Area, California. Northern California Landslide Working Group, 2001, U.S. Geol. Survey, MF-XXX

Scenes into Numbers: Facing the Subjective in Landform Quantification. Pike, R.J., 2001, in Hoffman, R.R., and Markman, A.B., eds., Interpreting remote sensing imagery - human factors: Boca Raton FL, Lewis Publ. (CRC), p. 83-114.

Seismic Landslide Hazard for the City of Berkeley,CA. Miles, S.B. and Keefer, D.K., 2001, USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF 01-2379,
http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/map-mf/mf2378.

Seismic Landslide Hazard for the Cities of Oakland and Piedmont,CA. Miles, S.B. and Keefer,D.K., 2001, USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF 01-2379, http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/map-mf/mf2379.

Shallow Landsliding, Root Reinforcement, and the Spatial Distribution of Trees in the Oregon Coast Range. Roering, J.J., Schmidt, K.M., Stock, J.D., Dietrich, W.E., and Montgomery, D.R., in press, Canadian Geotechnical Journal.

A Simple GIS Model for Mapping Landslide Susceptibility. Pike, R.J., Graymer, R.W., Roberts, Sebastian, and Kalman, N.B., 2001 [abs.]: 5th Int'l. Conference on Geomorphology, Chuo Univ., Tokyo, Japan, August 2001; DEMs and Geomorphology, Geographic Information Systems Association (Japan) Special Publication, v. 1, p. 30-31; and Transactions, Japanese Geomorphological Union, v. 22, no. 4, p. C-193.

Special Issue: Landslides in Seismically Active Regions. Wasowski, J., Keefer, D.K., and Jibson, R.J., eds., 2000, Engineering Geology, v. 58, nos. 3-4, p. 231-404.

Statistical analysis of an earthquake-induced landslide distribution—the 1989 Loma Prieta, California event. Keefer, D.K., 2000, Engineering Geology, v. 58, p. 213-249.

Submarine Landslides: Advances and Challenges. Locat, J. and Lee, H.J., 2000, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, vol. 39 (Feb. issue, in press).

Tests of a Revised Model for Mapping Landslide Susceptibility in the San Francisco Bay Region. Pike, R.J., Kalman, N.B., Graymer, R.W., and Roberts, Sebastian, 2000, [abs.]: Eos Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 81, no. 48 (Supplement), p. F540.

Towards Policy Relevant Environmental Modeling: Contextual Validity and Pragmatic Models. Miles, S.B., 2000, USGS Open-File Report 00-401, http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of00-401.

The Variability of Root Cohesion as an Influence on Shallow Landslide Susceptibility in the Oregon Coast Range. Schmidt, K.M., Roering, J.J., Stock, J.D., Dietrich, W.E., Montgomery, D.R., and Schaub, T., 2001, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, v. 28, no. 5, p. 995-1024. http://www.nrc.ca/cgi-bin/cisti/journals/rp/rp2_tocs_e?cgj_cgj5-01_38

A Versatile GPS System for Monitoring Deformation of Active Landslides and Volcanoes. LaHusen, R. G. and Reid, M. E., 2000, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 81, n. 48, p. F320.

The Villa Del Monte Landslide Triggered by the 1989 Loma Prieta, California Earthquake. Keefer, D. K., Harp, E. L., and Griggs, G. B., in press, in Evans, S. G., and DeGraff, J. eds., Catastrophic landslides; occurrence, mechanisms, and effects: Geological Society of America Reviews in Engineering Geology, 34 ms. p.

Volcano Collapse Promoted by Hydrothermal Alteration and Edifice Shape, Mount Rainier, Washington. Reid, M.E., Sisson, T.W., and Brien, D.L., 2001, Geology, v.29, n. 9, p. 779-782.