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  • (2008) 08-1292, Landslides Mapped from LIDAR Imagery, Kitsap County, Washington
  • (2008) 08-1241, Highland, L.M. 2008. Geographical Overview of the Three Gorges Dam and Reservoir, China--Geologic Hazards and Environmental Impacts. Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1241.
  • (2008) 08-1164, Baum, R.L., Galloway, D.L., Harp, E.L. 2008. Landslide and Land Subsidence Hazards to Pipelines. California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1378.
  • (2008) 08-1159, TRIGRS - A Fortran Program for Transient Rainfall Infiltration and Grid-Based Regional Slope-Stability Analysis, Version 2.0
  • (2008) 08-1139, Leachate Geochemical Results for Ash and Burned Soil Samples from the October 2007 Southern California Wildfires
  • (2008) 08-1116, Probabilistic Methodology for Estimation of Number and Economic Loss (Cost) of Future Landslides in the San Francisco Bay Region, California
  • (2007) 07-1421, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the 2007 Harris Fire, San Diego County, Southern California
  • (2007) 07-1420, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the 2007 Witch Fire, San Diego County, Southern California
  • (2007) 07-1419, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the 2007 Santiago Fire, Orange County, Southern California
  • (2007) 07-1418, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the 2007 Ranch Fire, Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, Southern California
  • (2007) 07-1417, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the 2007 Rice Fire, San Diego County, Southern California
  • (2007) 07-1416, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the 2007 Slide and Grass Valley Fires, San Bernardino County, Southern California
  • (2007) 07-1415, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the 2007 Canyon Fire, Los Angeles County, Southern California
  • (2007) 07-1414, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the 2007 Buckweed Fire, Los Angeles County, Southern California
  • (2007) 07-1413, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the 2007 Ammo Fire, San Diego County, Southern California
  • (2007) 07-1411, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the 2007 Poomacha Fire, San Diego County, Southern California
  • (2007) 07-1384, Methods for the Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the Fires of 2007, Southern California
  • (2007) 07-1378, Wieczorek, G.F., Snyder, J.B., Borchers, J.W., and Reichenbach, Paola, 2007, Staircase Falls Rockfall on December 26, 2003, and Geologic Hazards at Curry Village, Yosemite National Park, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1378.
  • (2007) 07-1289, Mass Wasting Following the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire near Durango, Colorado, a Field Trip Guidebook, by Jeffrey A. Coe (editor), Erica R. Bigio, Robert W. Blair, Jr., Michael Burke, Susan H. Cannon, Victor G. deWolfe, John Ey, Joseph E. Gartner, Mary L. Gillam, N.D. (Butch) Knowlton, Paul M. Santi, and William H. Schulz
  • (2007) 07-1255, Increasing Resiliency to Natural Hazards - A Strategic Plan for the Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project in Southern California, by Lucy Jones, Richard Bernknopf, Susan Cannon, Dale A. Cox, Len Gaydos, Jon Keeley, Monica Kohler, Homa Lee, Daniel Ponti, Stephanie Ross, Steven Schwarzbach, Michael Shulters, A. Wesley Ward, and Anne Wein
  • (2007) 07-1237, Field Reconnaissance of Debris Flows Triggered by a July 21, 2007, Thunderstorm in Alpine, Colorado, and Vicinity, by Jeffrey A. Coe1, Jonathan W. Godt1, T.C. Wait2, and Jason W. Kean
  • (2007) 07-1235, Denlinger, Roger P., 2007, Simulations of potential runout and deposition of the Ferguson rockslide, Merced River Canyon, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2007-1275, 23 p.
  • (2007) 07-1127, Preliminary Results of Subsurface Exploration and Monitoring at the Johnson Creek Landslide, Lincoln County, Oregon
  • (2007) 07-1079, Terrestrial LIDAR Investigation of the December 2003 and January 2007 Activations of the Northridge Bluff Landslide, Daly City, California, by Brian D. Collins, Robert Kayen, Thomas Reiss, and Nicholas Sitar
  • (2006) 06-1405, Landslide Susceptibility Estimated From Mapping Using Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Imagery and Historical Landslide Records, Seattle, Washington, by Bill Schulz
  • (2006) 06-1343, Preliminary Assessment of Landslides Along the Florida River Downstream from Lemon Reservoir, La Plata County, Colorado, by William H. Schulz, Jeffrey A. Coe, William L. Ellis, and John D. Kibler
  • (2006) 06-1139, Shallow-Landslide Hazard Map of Seattle, Washington, by Edwin L. Harp, John A. Michael, and William T. Laprade
  • (2006) 06-1130, Stability of Leaning Column at Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, by Edwin L. Harp and Charles R. Lindsay
  • (2006) 06-1064, Rainfall Thresholds for Forecasting Landslides in the Seattle, Washington, Area - Exceedance and Probability, by Alan F. Chleborad, Rex L. Baum, and Jonathan W. Godt
  • (2006) 06-1052, Landslides Triggered by the October 8, 2005, Pakistan Earthquake and Associated Landslide-Dammed Reservoirs, by Edwin L. Harp and Anthony J. Crone
  • (2006) 06-1032, Estimating Landslide Losses - Preliminary Results of a Seven-State Pilot Project, by Lynn M. Highland
  • (2005) 05-1229, Rock-Fall Hazard Assessment of Little Mill Campground, American Fork Canyon, Uinta National Forest, Utah.
  • (2005) 05-1218, Compilation of data relating to the erosive response of 606 recently burned basins in the Western U.S., by Joseph E. Gartner, Susan H. Cannon, Erica R. Bigio, Nicole K. Davis, Charles Parrett, Kenneth L. Pierce, Michael G. Rupert, Brandon L. Thurston, Mathew J. Trebish, Steve P. Garcia and Alan H. Rea, 2005.
  • (2005) 05-1067, Landslide Hazards at La Conchita, California, by Randall Jibson, 2005.
  • (2005) 05-1063, Hydrologic Monitoring of Landslide-Prone Coastal Bluffs near Edmonds and Everett, Washington, 2001-2004.
  • (2004) 04-1396, Landslides mapped using LIDAR imagery, Seattle, Washington, by Bill Schulz, 2004.
  • (2004) 04-1357, Engineering Geologic Conditions at the Sinkhole Entrance to Logan Cave, Benton County, Arkansas, by Bill Schulz and Jon McKenna, 2004.
  • (2004) 04-1348, Hazard analysis of landslides triggered by Typhoon Chata'an on July 2, 2002, in Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia.
  • (2004) 04-1085, Compilation of Post Wildfire Runoff-Event Data from the Western United States, by Joseph E. Gartner, Erica R. Bigio and Susan H. Cannon, 2004.
  • (2004) 04-1072, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the Padua Fire of 2003, Southern California, by Sue Cannon, Joseph E. Gartner, Michael G. Rupert, and John A. Michael, 2004.
  • (2004) 04-1011, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the Cedar and Paradise Fires of 2003, Southern California, by Susan H. Cannon, Joseph E. Gartner, Michael G. Rupert, and John A. Michael, 2004.
  • (2003) 03-491, Historical rock falls in Yosemite National Park: U.S. Geological Survey, by Wieczorek, G.F., and Snyder, J.B., 2004.
  • (2003) 03-481, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the Piru, Simi, and Verdale Fires of 2003, Southern California, by Susan H. Cannon, Joseph E. Gartner, Michael G. Rupert, and John A. Michael, 2003.
  • (2003) 03-475, Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the Grand Prix E. Gartner, Michael G. Rupert, John A. Michael, Dean Djokic and Sreeresh Sreedhar.
  • (2003) 03-463, Preliminary Evaluation of a Precipitation Threshold for Anticipating the Occurrence of Landslides in the Seattle, Washington, Area. By Alan F. Chleborad.
  • (2003) 03-411, Preliminary Hydrodynamic Analysis of Landslide-Generated Waves in Tidal Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, by Eric L. Geist, Matthias Jakob, Gerald F. Wieczorek, and Peter Dartnell.
  • (2003) 03-410, Pleistocene and Holocene Colluvial Fans and Terraces in the Blue Ridge Region of Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, by Benjamin A. Morgan, L. Scott Eaton, and Gerald F. Wieczorek.
  • (2003) 03-333, Assessment of Potential Debris-Flow Peak Discharges from Basins Burned by the 2002 Coal Seam Fire, Colorado. By Susan H. Cannon, John A. Michael, and Joseph E. Gartner
  • (2003) 03-332, Assessment of Potential Debris-Flow Peak Discharges from Basins Burned by the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire, Colorado. By Susan H. Cannon and others.
  • (2003) 03-211, An Account of Preliminary Landslide Damage and Losses Resulting from the February 28, 2001, Nisqually, Washington, Earthquake. By Lynn M. Highland.
  • (2003) 03-144, Topographic Map of the Active Part of the Slumgullion Landslide on July 31, 2000, Hinsdale County, Colorado. By James A. Messerich and Jeffrey A. Coe.
  • (2003) 03-100, Preliminary assessment of landslide-induced wave hazards: Tidal Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. By Gerald F. Wieczorek and others.
  • (2003) 03-050, Map Showing Alpine Debris Flows Triggered By a July 28, 1999 Thunderstorm in the Central Front Range of Colorado. By Jonathan W. Godt and Jeffrey A. Coe.
  • (2003) 03-0017, Preliminary Soil-Slip Susceptibility Maps, Southwestern California. By D.M. Morton, R.M. Alvarez, and R.H. Campbell
  • (2002) 02-398, Debris Flows along the Interstate 70 Corridor, Floyd Hill to the Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Central Colorado - A Field Trip Guidebook. By Jeffrey A. Coe, Jonathan W. Godt, and Alan J. Henceroth.
  • (2002) 02-219, Landslide Hazard Map of Tegucigalpa
  • (2002) 02-0424, TRIGRS; a Fortran program for transient rainfall infiltration and grid-based regional slope-stability analysis
  • (2002) 02-0323, Emergency Assessment of Potential Debris-Flow Peak Discharges, Missionary Ridge Fire, Colorado (posted 16 August, 2002)
  • (2002) 02-0061, Digital Inventory of Landslides and Related Deposits in Honduras Triggered by Hurricane Mitch. By Edwin L. Harp, Kirk W. Hagaman, Matthew D. Held, and Jonathan P. McKenna
  • (2002) 02-0033, Landslides Triggered by Hurricane Mitch in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. By Edwin L. Harp, Mario Castañeda, and Matthew D. Hel
  • (2001) 01-339, Remote rainfall sensing for landslide hazard analysis. By Wieczorek, G.F., McWreath, H.C., and Davenport, C.
  • (2001) 01-0474, Compilation of Post-Wildfire Runoff-Event Data from the Western United States; By Erica R. Bigio and Susan H. Cannon (posted 12/26/2001)
  • (2001) 01-0444, Landslides Induced by Hurricane Mitch in El Salvador - An Inventory and Descriptions of Selected Features. By Anthony J. Crone, Rex L. Baum, David J. Lidke, Damon N.D. Sather, Lee-Ann Bradley, and Arthur C. Tarr (posted 9 April, 2002)
  • (2001) 01-0443, Landslides Triggered by Hurricane Mitch in Guatemala - Inventory and Discussion. By Robert C. Bucknam, Jeffrey A. Coe, Manuel Mota Chavarria, Jonathan W. Godt, Arthur C. Tarr, Lee-Ann Bradley, Sharon Rafferty, Dean Hancock, Richard L. Dart, and Margo L. Johnson (posted 9 April, 2002)
  • (2001) 01-0412-A, Landslide Response to Hurricane Mitch Rainfall in Seven Study Areas in Nicaragua. By Susan H. Cannon, Kathleen M. Haller, Ingrid Ekstrom, Eugene S. Schweig III, Graziella Devoli, David W. Moore, Sharon A. Rafferty, and Arthur C. Tarr (posted 9 April, 2002)
  • (2001) 01-0357, A preliminary finite-element analysis of a shallow landslide in the Alki area of Seattle, Washington By S. Debray and W.Z. Savage
  • (2001) 01-0276, Socioeconomic and Environmental Impacts of Landslides in the Western Hemisphere (posted 10 September 2001)
  • (2001) 01-0144, Debris-flow and flooding hazards associated with the December 1999 storm in coastal Venezuela and strategies for mitigation (posted 31 July 2001)
  • (2001) 01-0141, Observations and recommendations regarding landslide hazards related to the January 13, 2001 M-7.6 El Salvador earthquake
  • (2001) 01-0119, Assessment of landslide hazards resulting from the February 13, 2001, El Salvador earthquake; a report to the government of El Salvador and the U. S. Agency for International Development
  • (2001) 01-0067, A Comparative Analysis of Hazard Models for Predicting Debris Flows in Madison County, Virginia (posted 19 April 2001)
  • (2001) 01-0002, PTCOUNT - A Fortran-77 Computer Program to Calculate the Areal Distribution of Mapped Data Points Using Count-Circle Methodology (posted 16 January 2001)
  • (2000) 00-0469, Preliminary Method for Anticipating the Occurrence of Precipitation-Induced Landslides in Seattle, Washington (posted 30 January 2001)
  • (2000) 00-0450, National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy: A Framework for Loss Reduction (posted 5 February 2001)
  • (2000) 00-0305, Rock-fall Hazard Assessment of the Aspen Forest Trail, Navajo National Monument, Arizona (posted 22 December 2000)
  • (2000) 00-0303, Preliminary map showing landslide densities, mean recurrence intervals, and exceedance probabilities as determined from historic records, Seattle, Washington (posted 23 August 2000)
  • (2000) 00-0249, Probability Models for Estimation of Number and Costs of Landslides (posted 28 August 2000)
  • (2000) 00-0228, Geotechnical properties for landslide-prone Seattle-area glacial deposits
  • (2000) 00-0205, Measurement of Ridge-Spreading Movements (Sackungen) at Bald Eagle Mountain, Lake County, Colorado, II: Continuation of the 1975-1989 Measurements Using a Global Positioning System in 1997 and 1999 (posted 24 August 2000)
  • (2000) 00-0107, Computer Programs for Limit-Equilibrium Slope-Stability Analyses - FelleniusGS, BishopGS, and JanbuGS (posted 23 May 2000)
  • (2000) 00-0102, Preliminary interpretation of seasonal movement of the Slumgullion landslide as determined from GPS observations, July 1998 - July 1999 (posted 24 March 2000)
  • (2000) 00-0101, Seasonal movement of the Slumgullion landslide as determined from GPS observations, July 1998 - July 1999 (posted 24 March 2000)
  • (1999) 99-0578, Rock-fall Potential in the Yosemite Valley, California (posted 4 May 2000)
  • (1999) 99-0518, Inventory of Debris Flows and Floods in the Lovinston and Horseshoe Mountain, VA, 7.5' Quadrangles, from the August 19/20, 1969, Storm in Nelson County, Virginia (posted 15 February 2001)
  • (1999) 99-0385, Rock falls from Glacier Point above Camp Curry, Yosemite National Park, California
  • (1999) 99-0364, Assessment of Landslide Hazards in Kaluanui and Maakua Gulches, Oahu, Hawaii, following the 9 May 1999 Sacred Falls landslide
  • (1998) 98-113, A Method for Producing Digital Probabilistic Seismic Landslide Hazard Maps: An Example from the Los Angeles, California, Area. By Randall W. Jibson, Edwin L. Harp, and John A. Michael.
  • (1998) 98-0467, Rock-fall Hazards in the Yosemite Valley; USGS Open-File Report 98-467 by Wieczorek, G.F., 1998.
  • (1998) 98-0239, Landslides Triggered by the Winter 1996-97 Storms in the Puget Lowland, Washington; USGS Open-File Report 98-239 by Rex L. Baum, Alan F. Chleborad, and Robert L. Schuster
  • (1998) 98-0124, Use of Air Temperature Data to Anticipate the Onset of Snowmelt-Season Landslides (posted 30 January 2001, updated to include Wold Mountain Landslide)
  • (1997) 97-0720, Fire-Induced Water-Repellent Soils: an annotated bibliography (Updated). This publication is on-line only.
  • (1997) 97-0696, Landslides triggered by the April 1997, tropical storms in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
  • (1997) 97-0438, Debris-Flow Hazards in Areas Affected by the June 27, 1995 Storm in Madison County, Virginia; USGS Open-File Report 97-438 by Morgan, B.A., Wieczorek, G.F., Campbell, R.H., and Gori, P.L.
  • (1997) 97-0289, Landslide Overview Map of the Conterminious United States – National Landslide Hazards Map (9/26/97). Special ordering information – UPDATED – Professional Paper 1183, "Landslide Overview Map of the Conterminous United States", published in 1983, is out of print, it has been re-formatted digitally for the internet. Its text and map is the primary source material for Open-file report 97-289
  • (1997) 97-0136, Evaluation of the potential for debris and hyperconcentrated flows in Capulin Canyon as a result of the 1996 Dome Fire, Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
  • (1997) 97-0027, Temperature, Snowmelt, and the Onset of Spring Season Landslides in the Central Rocky Mountains
  • (1996) 96-701, Slope Stability of Proposed Ski Facilities at the Southeast Side of Snodgrass Mountain, Gunnison County, Colorado.
  • (1995) 95-0508, Fire-related debris flows of Storm King Mountain, Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
  • (1995) 95-0213, Inventory of Landslides triggered by the 1994 Northridge, California earthquake.
  • (1994) 94-0615, Landslide Hazards in Glacial Lake Clays - Tully Valley, New York
  • (1992) 92-387, Wieczorek, G.F, Snyder, J.B., Alger, C.S., and Isaacson, K.A., 1992, Rock falls in Yosemite Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-387, 38 p., 2 appendixes, 4 plates, 1 disk.
  • (1992) 92-0535, Digital Elevation Models for Slumgullion Landslide, Hinsdale County, Colorado based on 1985 and 1990 Aerial Photography.
  • (1984) 84-606 (WMV), USGS Educational Videos and Animations, Costa, J.E., and G.P. Williams, 1984, Debris-flow dynamics, U.S. Geological Survey Open-file report 84-606 (video format)

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Fact Sheets
  • (2008) Paper (PDF) (6.34MB), Wieczorek, G.F., Morgan, B.A., 2008, Debris-Flow Hazards within the Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2008-3070, 4p.
  • (2007) FS 2007-3037, Increasing the Resilience to Natural Hazards in Southern California
  • (2007) FS 2007-3005, Landslide Hazards in the Seattle, Washington, Area
  • (2005) FS 2005-3107, Southern California Landslides - An Overview
  • (2005) FS 2005-3106, Southern California - Wildfires and Debris Flows
  • (2005) FS 2005-3104, A NOAA-USGS Demonstration Flash-Flood and Debris-Flow Early-Warning System
  • (2004) FS 2004-3099, Rates of Landsliding and Cliff Retreat Along the Bg Sur Coast, California - Measuring a Crucial Baseline
  • (2004) FS 2004-3072, Landslide Types and Processes
  • FS 159-96 (HTML), FS 159-96 (PDF), Debris-Flow Hazards in the Blue Ridge of Virginia
  • FS 112-95 (PDF), San Francisco Area Debris-Flow Hazard
  • FS 180-97, El Niño and the National Landslide Hazard Outlook for 1997-1998
  • FS 176-97, Debris Flow Hazards in the United States
  • FS 091-99, Real-Time Monitoring of Active Landslides
  • FS 071-00 (English), FS 071-00 (Spanish), Landslide Hazards (English version)
  • FS 013-98, Landslide Hazards in Glacial Lake Clays – Tully Valley, New York
    See Open-File Report 94-0615 for an expanded updated open-file report version of this fact sheet (posted 02/03/2000)
  • FS 0103-01, Natural Hazards on Alluvial Fans: The Venezuela Debris Flow and Flash Flood Disaster

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Maps

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Non-USGS Publications
  • (2009) Paper (PDF) (1.0 MB), Coe, Jeffrey A., Jonathan P. McKenna, Jonathan W. Godt and Rex L. Baum, 2009, Basal-topographic control of stationary ponds on a continuously moving landslide, 2009, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms vol. 34, pp. 264–279, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
  • (2008) Paper (PDF) (916 KB), Schulz, W.H., Lidke, D.J., and Godt, J.W., 2008, Modeling the spatial distribution of landslide-prone colluvium and shallow groundwater on hillslopes of Seattle, Washington: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 33, p. 123-141.
  • (2008) Paper (PDF) (9.6 MB), Wieczorek, G.F., Stock, G.M., Reichenbach, P., Snyder, J.B., Borchers, J.W., and Godt, J.W., 2008, Investigation and hazard assessment of the 2003 and 2007 Staircase Falls rock falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, European Geophysics Union, v. 8, p. 421-432.
  • (2008) Paper (PDF) (734 KB), Coe, J. A., Cannon, S.H., and Santi, P.M., 2008, Introduction to the special issue on debris flows initiated by runoff, erosion, and sediment entrainment in western North America: Geomorphology, v. 96, 247-249p.
  • (2008) Paper (PDF) (590 KB), Coe, J.A., Crovelli, R.A., 2008, Landslide risk in the San Francisco Bay region: In, Chen, Z. Zhang, J., Li, Z, Wu, F, Ho, K., eds., Landslides and Engineered Slopes, From the Past to the Future, Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Landslides, June 30-July 4, 2008, Xi'an, China, Taylor & Francis Group, London, v. 2, 1899-1904.
  • (2008) Paper (PDF) (5.6 MB), Schulz, W.H., Harp, E.L., and Jibson, R.W., 2008, Characteristics of large rock avalanches triggered by the November 3, 2002 Denali Fault earthquake, Alaska, USA, in Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Landslides, Xian, China, June 30-July 4, 2008, 6 p.
  • (2008) Paper (PDF) (2.8 MB), Coe, J.A., Kinner, D.A., and Godt, J.W., 2008, Initiation conditions for debris flows generated by runoff at Chalk Cliffs, central Colorado: Geomorphology, v. 96, p 270-297.
  • (2008) Kjekstad, Oddvar and Lynn M Highlamd, 2008, Economic and Social Impacts of Landslides, in, Sassa, D., and P. Canuti eds., Plenary Session Volume, First World Landslide Forum, November 18-21, 2008, Tokyo, Japan, p. 573. online: http://www.iclhq.org/WLFweb/WLF.htm
  • (2008) Highland, Lynn M., and Paula Gori, 2008, Two Approaches to Landslide Awareness in the United States, in, Chen, Z. Zhang, J., Li, Z, Wu, F, Ho, K., eds., Landslides and Engineered Slopes, From the Past to the Future, Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Landslides, Xian, China, June 30-July 4, 2008, Taylor and Francis Group, London.
  • (2008) Geertsema, Marten, Lynn Highland and Laura Vaugeouis, 2008, Environmental impact of landslides, in, Sassa, D., and P. Canuti eds., Plenary Session Volume, First World Landslide Forum, November 18-21, Tokyo, Japan, p. 589. online: http://www.iclhq.org/WLFweb/WLF.htm
  • (2008) Highland, Lynn M., and Peter Bobrowsky, 2008, An Illustrated Handbook for developing nations, Proceedings, First World Landslide Forum, November 18 - 21, Tokyo, Japan, Parallel Sessions Volume, International Program on Landslides, p. 263. online: http://www.iclhq.org/WLFweb/WLF.htm
  • (2008) Highland, Lynn M., 2008, Geographical Overview of the Three Gorges Dam and Reservoir, China--Geologic and Environmental Hazards, First World Landslide Forum, November 18 - 21, Tokyo, Japan, Parallel Sessions Volume, International Program on Landslides, p. 269. online: http://www.iclhq.org/WLFweb/WLF.htm
  • (2007) Paper (PDF) (57.8 MB), Coe, J.A. and Harp, E.L., 2007, Influence of tectonic folding on rockfall susceptibility: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, v. 7, p. 1-14.
  • (2007) Paper (PDF) (4.2 MB), Schulz, W.H., 2007, Landslide susceptibility revealed by LIDAR imagery and historical records, Seattle, Washington: Engineering Geology, v. 89, p. 67-87.
  • (2007) Paper (PDF) (4.1 MB), Godt, J.W. and Coe, J.A., 2007, Alpine debris flows triggered by a 28 July 1000 thunderstorm in the central Front Range, Colorado: Geomorphology, v. 84, p. 80-97.
  • (2007) Paper (PDF) (1.1 MB), Schulz, W.H., McKenna, J.P., Biavati, Giulia, and Kibler, J.D., 2007, Characteristics of Slumgullion Landslide inferred from subsurface exploration, in-situ and laboratory testing, and monitoring, in Schaefer, V.R., Schuster, R.L., and Turner, A.K., eds., 1st North American Landslide Conference, Vail, Colo., June 3-8, 2007, Proceedings: AEG Special Publication No. 23, p. 1084-1097.
  • (2007) Paper (PDF) (1.1 MB), Morrissey, M.M., Wieczorek, G.F., and Morgan, B.A., 2007, A Comparative Analysis of Simulated and Observed Landslide Locations Triggered by Hurricane Camille in Nelson County, Virginia, Hydrological Processes Journal, John Wiley and Sons, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/116332429/PDFSTART
  • (2007) Baum, Rex, Godt, Jonathan, and Lynn Highland, eds., 2007, Landslides and Engineering Geology of the Seattle, Washington, area,” Geological Society of America, Reviews in Engineering Geology Series, Vol. XX, 181 pp, 1 plate.
  • (2007) Schuster, R.L., and L.M. Highland, 2007, Impacts of mass wasting on the natural Environment, Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, co-published by the Geolgoical Society of America (GSA) and the Association of Engineering Geologists, (AEG), Vol. XIII, No. 1, February, pp. 25-44.
  • (2007) "Riding the Storm", 2007, USGS-produced video, GIP - 48 (General Interest Publication)
  • (2006) Godt, J.W., Baum, R.L., and Chleborad, A.F., 2006, Rainfall characteristics for shallow landsliding in Seattle, Washington, USA: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 31, p 97-110.
  • (2006) Biavati, G., Godt, J.W., and McKenna, J.P., 2006, Drainage effects on the transient, near-surface hydrologic response of a steep hillslope to rainfall: implications for slope stability, Edmonds, Washington, USA. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, v. 6, p. 343-355.
  • (2005) Baum, R.L., Coe, J.A., Godt, J.W., Harp, E.L., Reid, M.E. Savage, W.Z., Schulz, W.H., Brien, D.L., Chleborad, A.F., McKenna, J.P., and Michael, J.A., 2005, Regional Landslide-Hazard Assessment for Seattle, Washington, USA: Landslides, v. 2, no. 4, p. 266-279, DOI: 10.1007/s10346-005-0023-y
  • (2005) Baum, R.L., Godt, J.W., Harp, E.L., McKenna, J.P., and McMullen, S.R., 2005, Early Warning of Landslides for Rail Traffic Between Seattle and Everett, Washington, USA in Hungr, O., Fell, R., Couture, R., and Ebdrhardt, E., eds., Landslide Risk Management, Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Landslide Risk Management: New York, A.A. Balkema, p. 731-740.
  • (2005) Baum, R.L., Savage, W.Z., Coe, J.A., Godt, J.W., Harp, E.L., Schulz, W.H., Reid, M.E., McKenna, J.P., Michael, J.A., and Brien, D.L., 2005, Regional landslide-hazard assessment for Seattle, Washington, USA: Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 7, p. 02190.
  • (2005) Salciarini, D., Godt, J.W., Savage, W.Z., Conversini, P., Baum, R.L., and Michael, J.A., 2005, Modeling regional initiation of rainfall-induced shallow landslides in the eastern Umbria region of central Italy: Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 7, p. 01694.
  • (2005) Savage, W.Z., and Baum, R.L., 2005, Instability of steep slopes, Chapter 4 in Jakob, M. and Hungr, O., Debris Flow and Debris Avalanches-A Practically Oriented Overview of the State of the Art: Chichester, U.K., Praxis Publishing House p. 53-79.
  • (2004) Paper (PDF) (6.16 MB), Plates (PDF) (2.8 MB), Coe, J.A., Michael, J.A., Crovelli, R.A., and Savage, W.Z., Laprade, W.T., and Nashem, W.D., 2004, Probabilistic assessment of precipitation-triggered landslides using historical records of landslide occurrence, Seattle, Washington: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, v. 10, no. 2, p. 103-122.
  • (2004) Paper (PDF) (2.2MB), Schuster, Robert L., and Highland, Lynn M., 2004, Impact of landslides and innovative landslide-mitigation measures on the natural environment: International Conference on Slope Engineering, Hong Kong, China, December 8–10, 2003, keynote address, Proceedings 29.
  • (2004) Paper (PDF) (2 MB), Coe, J.A., Godt, J.W., Baum, R.L., Bucknam, R.C., and Michael, J.A., 2004, Landslide susceptibility from topography in Guatemala, in Lacerda, W.A., Erlich, M., Fontoura, S.A.B., and Sayao, A.S.F., eds., Landslides-evaluation and stabilization, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Landslides: London, A.A. Balkema Publishers, v. 1, p. 69-78.
  • (2004) Coe, Jeffrey A., Baum, Rex L., McKenna, Jonathan P., Langard, Sophie, and Bourgine, Agns, 2004, Debris flows initiated by runoff in Cottonwood Canyon, San Isabel National Forest, central Colorado: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Nov. 7-10, Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5.
  • (2004) Wieczorek, G.F., Mossa, G.S., Morgan, B.A., 2004, Regional debris-flow distribution and preliminary risk assessment from severe storm events in the Appalachian Blue Ridge Province, USA: Landslides, v. 1, p. 53-59 (DOI 10.1007/s10346-003-0003-z)
  • (2004) Godt, J.W., Baum, R.L., Savage, W.Z., and Schulz, W.H., 2004, Modeling rainfall conditions for shallow landsliding in Seattle, Washington: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Nov. 7-10, Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5.
  • (2004) Savage, W.Z., Godt, J.W., and Baum, R.L., 2004, Modeling time-dependent aerial slope stability, in Lacerda, W.A., Erlich, M., Fontoura, S.A.B., and Sayao, A.S.F., eds., Landslides-evaluation and stabilization, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Landslides: London, A.A. Balkema Publishers, v. 1, p. 23-36.
  • (2003) Paper (PDF) (3.2 MB), Coe, J.A., Ellis, W.L., Godt, J.W., Savage, W.Z., Savage, J.E., Michael, J.A., Kibler, J.D., Powers, P.S., Lidke, D.J., and Debray, S.P., 2003, Seasonal movement of the Slumgullion landslide as determined from Global Positioning System surveys and field instrumentation, July 1998 - March, 2002: Engineering Geology, v. 68, pp.67-101.
  • (2003) Paper (PDF) (2.4 MB), Coe, J.A. and Godt, J.W., 2003, Historical debris flows along the Interstate 70 corridor in Clear Creek County: In, Boyer, D.D., Santi, P.M., and Rogers, W.P., eds, Engineering Geology in Colorado, Contributions, Trends, and Case Histories: Association of Engineering Geologists Special Publication No. 15 and Colorado Geological Survey Special Publication 55, available on CD-ROM, 28 p.
  • (2003) 508-accessible PDF (16.7MB), Smaller non-accessible PDF (2.3MB), Impact of Landslides and Innovative Landslide-Mitigation Measures on the Natural Environment, 2003, by Robert L. Schuster and Lynn M. Highland, Geologic Hazards Team, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado, USA. (Previously published in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Slope Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, December, 2003 - Keynote paper and presentation) (posted 04/06/2004)
  • (2003) Wieczorek, G.F., Coe, J.A., Godt, J.W., 2003, Remote sensing of rainfall for debris-flow hazard assessment: In, Rickenmann, D.and Chen, C., eds., Debris flow hazards mitigation: mechanics, prediction, and assessment, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation, Millpress, Rotterdam, pp. 1257-1268.
  • (2003) Coe, J.A., Godt, J.W., Parise, M, and Moscariello, A., 2003, Estimating debris-flow probability using debris-fan stratigraphy, historic records, and drainage-basin morphology, Interstate 70 Highway Corridor, Central Colorado: In, Rickenmann, D.and Chen, C., eds., Debris flow hazards mitigation: mechanics, prediction, and assessment, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation, Millpress, Rotterdam, pp. 1085-1096.
  • (2003) Savage, W.Z., Godt, J.W., and Baum, R.L., 2003, A model for spatially and temporally distributed shallow landslide initiation by rainfall infiltration, in Rickenmann, D. and Chen, C., eds., Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation-Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment: Rotterdam, Millpress (Proceedings of the 3rd International conference on Debris Flow Hazards, Davos, Switzerland, September 10-13, 2003), p. 179-187.
  • (2003) Reid, M.E., Brien, D. L., LaHusen, R.L., Roering, J. J., de la Fuente, J., and Ellen, S. D., 2003, Debris-flow initiation from large, slow-moving landslides: Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Prediction and Assessment; Proceedings of the Third International DFHM Conference, Davos, Switzerland, Rickenmann, D. and Chen, C., eds., Millpress Science Publishers, Rotterdam, p. 155-166.
  • (2000) Godt, J.W., Coe, J.A., and Savage, W.Z., 2000, Relation between cost of damaging landslides and construction age, Alameda County, California, USA El Niño winter storm season, 1997-98, In: E.N. Bromhead, M.L. Ibsen, N. Dixon and E. Sfakianaki (Editors), Landslides in research, theory and practice, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Landslides, Cardiff, Wales, v. 2, p. 641-646.
  • (2000) Baum, R.L., and Reid, M.E., 2000, Groundwater isolation by low-permeability clays in landslide shear zones, in Bromhead, E., Dixon, N, and Ibsen, M., eds., Landslides in Research, Theory and Practice, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Landslides: London, Thomas Telford p. 139-144.
  • (1999) The Liquid Earth, by Brenda Bell
  • (1998) Arndt, B.P., Higgins, J.E., and Baum, R.L., 1998, The Woodway, Washington, landslide-An unusual failure of the Lawton Clay Member in the steep bluffs along Puget Sound Washington, Association of Engineering Geologists program with Abstracts, 41st Annual Meeting, p.74.
  • (1998) Baum, R.L., Harp, E.L., Lahusen, R.G., Likos, W.J., and Powers, P.S., 1998, Real-time monitoring of bluff stability at Woodway, Washington, USA, Procedings of the Second International Symposium on the Geotechnics of Hard Soils, Soft Rocks '98, Naples Italy, October p. 1057-1065.
  • (1998) Harp, E.L., and Savage, W.Z., 1998, Landslides triggered by the April 1997 tropical storms in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, Landslide News, no. 11, p. 29-32
  • (1997) Paper (PDF) (13.3 MB), Coe, J.A., Glancy, P.A., Whitney, J.W., 1997, Volumetric analysis and hydrologic characterization of a modern debris flow near Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Geomorphology, v. 20, p. 11-28. supersedes publication number 18.
  • (1997) Landslides: Investigation and Mitigation, Transportation Research Board Special Report 247

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