Recent Publications

For a more comprehensive, searchable list of publications, please see the Landslide Bibliography.

Open-File Reports
Fact Sheets
Maps
Other
Information Reports
Non-USGS Publications

Open-File Reports

(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
(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
(2005) 05-1063, Hydrologic Monitoring of Landslide-Prone Coastal Bluffs near Edmonds and Everett, Washington, 2001-2004.
(2002) 02-0424, TRIGRS; a Fortran program for transient rainfall infiltration and grid-based regional slope-stability analysis
(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) 01-0119, 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
(2000) 00-0228, Geotechnical properties for landslide-prone Seattle-area glacial deposits
(2000) 00-0107, Computer Programs for Limit-Equilibrium Slope-Stability Analyses - FelleniusGS, BishopGS, and JanbuGS (posted 23 May 2000)
(1999) 99-0364, Assessment of Landslide Hazards in Kaluanui and Maakua Gulches, Oahu, Hawaii, following the 9 May 1999 Sacred Falls landslide
(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
(1996) 96-701, Slope Stability of Proposed Ski Facilities at the Southeast Side of Snodgrass Mountain, Gunnison County, Colorado.

Fact Sheets

(2007) FS 2007-3005, Landslide Hazards in the Seattle, Washington, Area

Maps

Map Showing Recent and Historic Landslide Activity, on Coastal Bluffs of Puget Sound Between Shilshole Bay and Everett, Washington (posted 11/22/2000)

Other

USGS Bulletin 2180, Finite-element analysis of the Woodway Landslide, Washington

Information Reports

(2008) Review of recent slope stability studies at Snodgrass Mountain, Colorado

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.
(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.
(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.
(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) 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., 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) 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) (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) 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.
(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) 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.
(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.
(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.
(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.