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This list features recent Landslide Program publications, searchable by Landslide Program authors. Open File Reports and and Non-USGS publications are listed for the last 5 years only.
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  • (2009) An Examination of Selected Historical Rainfall-Induced Debris-Flow Events within the Central and Southern Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States, Wieczorek, G.F., Eaton, L.S., Morgan, B.A., Wooten, R.M., and Morrissey, M., 2009, An examination of selected historical rainfall-induced debris-flow events within the central and southern Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009–1155, 25 p., available only online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1155.
  • (2008) Landslide Investigation Methods, By Baum, Rex L., Galloway, Devin L., and Harp, Edwin L., in, Landslide and Land Subsidence Hazards to Pipelines, USGS Open-file report 2008-192, Chapter 3, p. 107-192, Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline Research Council International, and DGH Consulting Inc.
  • (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) 07-1188, Verdin, Kristine L.; Godt, Jonathan W.; Funk, Chris; Pedreros, Diego; Worstell, Bruce; Verdin, James, Development of a Global Slope Dataset for Estimation of Landslide Occurrence Resulting from Earthquakes
  • (2007) 07-1127, Schulz, W.H., and Ellis, W.L., 2007, Preliminary results of subsurface exploration and monitoring at the Johnson Creek landslide, Lincoln County, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1127
  • (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) Assessment of Late Pleistocene to Recent Climate-Induced Vegetation Changes in and near Shenandoah National Park (Blue Ridge Province, VA), Litwin, R. J., Morgan, B. A., Eaton, L. S. and Wieczorek, G. F., 2004, U.S. Geological Survey Open-file report, 72 p.
  • (2004) Assessment of Hazards Associated with the Bluegill Landslide, South-Central Idaho, Ellis, William L., Schuster, Robert L., Schulz, William H., U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 04-1054, 16 p.
  • (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) 03-481, Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Rupert, M.G., and Michael, J.A., 2003, Emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the Piru, Simi and Verdale Fires of 2003, southern California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-481.
  • (2003) 03-475, Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Rupert, M.G., Michael, J.A., Djokic, D. and Sreedhar, S., 2003, Emergency assessment of debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the Grand Prix and Old Fires of 2003, southern California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-475.

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  • (2009) Paper (PDF) 1.7 MB, Kean, J.W., Kuhnle, R.A., Smith, J.D., Alonso, C.V., Langendoen, E.J., 2009, Test of a Method to Calculate Near-Bank Velocity and Boundary Shear Stress: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, v. 135, no 7., p. 588-601.
  • (2008) The landslide handbook—A guide to understanding landslides, Highland, L.M., and Bobrowsky, Peter, 2008, The landslide handbook—A guide to understanding landslides: Reston, Virginia, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1325, 129 p.
  • (2008) Paper (PDF) 5.4 MB, Cannon, S.H., and DeGraff, J., 2008, The increasing wildfire and post-fire debris-flow threat in western USA, and implications for consequences of climate change, Keynote address. In Sassa, K., and Canuti, P., (eds)., Landslides – Disaster Risk Reduction: Proceedings of 1st World Landslide Forum, Tokyo, Japan, November, 2008, Springer-Verlag, Berlin p. 177-190.
  • (2008) Paper (PDF) 5.0 MB, Restrepo, Pedro, Jorgensen, D.P., Cannon, S.H., Costa, J.E., Jayme Laber, Major, J.A., Brooks Marter, Jim Purpura, and Kevin Werner , 2008, Joint NOAA/NWS/USGS Prototype Debris Flow Warning System for Recently Burned Areas in Southern California: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Insights and Innovation, p. 1845-1851.
  • (2008) Paper (PDF) 3.2 MB, Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Wilson, R.C., and Laber, J.L., 2008, Storm rainfall conditions for floods and debris flows from recently burned areas in southwestern Colorado and southern California: Geomorphology, v. 96, p. 250-269.
  • (2008) Paper (PDF) 1.9 MB, Santi, P.M., deWolf, V.G., Higgins, J.E., Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., 2008, Sources of debris flow material in burned areas: Geomorphology, v. 96, p. 310-321.
  • (2008) Paper (PDF) 1.6 MB, Gartner, J.E., Cannon, S.H., Santi, P.M., deWolf, V.G., 2008, Empirical models to predict debris flow volumes generated from recently burned basins in the western U.S.: Geomophology, v. 96, p. 339-354.
  • (2008) Paper (PDF) 0.7 MB, Moody, J.A., Martin, D.A., Cannon, S.H., 2008, Post-wildfire erosion response in two geologic terrains in the western USA: Geomorphology, v. 95, p. 103-118.
  • (2008) Online Summary (HTML), Pike, Richard J., and Graymer, Russell W., eds., 2008, Multiple landslide-hazard scenarios modeled for the Oakland-Berkeley area, northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5196, 51 p., 4 plates, scales 1:24,000 and 1:50,000
  • (2008) Abstract (PDF) 45kB, Schmidt, K.M., Stock, J.D., Hanshaw, M.N., Bawden, G.W., 2008, Constraining Diffusivity and Critical Slope from Post-Fire Sediment Flux of the Day, Canyon, and Corral Fires, California, EOS Trans. AGU, 2008 Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H51F-1079
  • (2008) Abstract (PDF) 44kB, Schmidt, K.M., Stock, J.D., Hanshaw, M.N., Bawden, G.W., 2008, Time-varying Post-Fire Sediment Flux, Diffusivity, and Critical Slope in Southern California, U.S.A., 7th International Conference of the IAG
  • (2008) Abstract (PDF) 16kB, Staley, D.M., Schmidt, K.M., Hanshaw, M.N., Kean, J.W., Stock, J.D., 2008, Assessing the Influence of Multiple Rainfall Pulses on Soil Moisture Dynamics During Long Duration Frontal Storms, EOS Trans. AGU, 2008 Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H51D-0849
  • (2008) Abstract (PDF) 12kB, Hanshaw, M. N., Schmidt, K. M., Jorgensen, D. P., Stock, J. D., 2008, By Air and Land: Estimating Post-Fire Debris-Flow Susceptibility through High-Resolution Radar Reflectivity and Tipping-Bucket Gage Rainfall, EOS Trans. AGU, 2008 Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H51D-0850
  • (2008) Abstract (PDF) 11kB, Hanshaw, M. N., Schmidt, K. M., Jorgensen, D. P., Stock, J. D., 2008, Comparing High-Resolution Radar Reflectivity and Tipping-Bucket Gage Rainfall to Estimate Post-Fire Debris-Flow Susceptibility, 7th International Conference of the IAG
  • (2008) 08-1370, Rupert, M.A., Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Helsel, D.R., 2008, Using logistic regression to predict the probability of in areas burned by wildfires, southern California, 2003-2006: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2008-1370, 20 p.
  • (2007) Paper (PDF) 3.4 MB, DeGraff, J.V., Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E. and Gallegos, A.J, 2007, Reducing post-wildfire debris flow risk through the burned area emergency response (BAER) process: Proceedings of the 1st North America Landslide Conference, AEG Special Publication no 23.
  • (2007) Paper (PDF) 0.5MB, Santi, P.M., deWolfe, V.G., Higgins, J.D., Cannon, S.H., and Gartner, J.E., 2007, Effectiveness of Debris Flow Mitigation Methods in Burned Areas: Proceedings of the 1st North American Landslide Conference, AEG Special Publication no. 23
  • (2007) Modeling 3-D Slope Stability of Coastal Bluffs Using 3-D Ground-Water Flow, Southwestern Seattle, Washington, Brien, D.L., and Reid, M.E., 2007, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5092, 54 p..
  • (2007) Landslide-induced wave hazard assessment--Tidal Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, Wieczorek, G.F., Geist, E.L., Jakob, M., Zirnheld, S.L., Boyce, E., Motyka, R.J., and Burns, P., 2007, in, Piatt, J.F., and Gende, S.M., eds., Proceedings of the Fourth Glacier Bay Science Symposium, October 26-28, 2004, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5047, p. 165-167.
  • (2006) Professional Paper 1723, Schuster, R.L., 2006, Interaction of Dams and Landslides-Case Studies and Mitigation: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1723, 114 p.
  • (2005) Paper (PDF) 7.4 MB, Cannon, S.H. and Gartner, J.E., 2005, Wildfire-related debris flow from a hazards perspective: Chapter 15 in: Hungr, O. and Jacob, M. eds., Debris-Flow Hazards and Related Phenomena, Springer-Praxis Books in Geophysical Sciences, p. 321-344.
  • (2005) Circular 1283, NOAA-USGS Task Force, 2005, NOAA-USGS Debris-Flow Warning System – Final Report: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1283, 47pp.
  • (2005) Calibration of numerical models for small debris flows in Yosemite Valley, California, USA, Bertolo, P., and Wieczorek, G.F., 2005, European Geophysical Union-Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, v. 5, p. 993-1001.
  • (2003) Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4319, Parrett, Charles, Cannon, S.H., and Pierce, K.L., 2003, Wildfire-related floods and debris flows in Montana in 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4319
  • (2003) Paper (PDF) 5.1 MB, Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Parrett, C., and Parise, M., 2003, Wildfire-related debris flow generation through episodic progressive sediment bulking processes, western U.S.A., in Rickenmann, D. and Chen, C.L., eds., Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation - Mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation, Davos, Switzerland, 10-12 September 2003: A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, p. 71-82.
  • (2003) Paper (PDF) 1.6 MB, Cannon, S.H., Gartner, J.E., Holland-Sears, A., Thurston, B.M., and Gleason, J.A., 2003, Debris-flow response of basins burned by the 2002 Coal Seam and Missionary Ridge fires, Colorado, in Boyer, D.D., Santi, P.M., and Rogers, W.P., eds., Engineering Geology in Colorado–Contributions, Trends, and Case Histories: AEG Special Publication 15, Colorado Geological Survey Special Publication 55, 31 pp., on CD-ROM.
  • (2003) Circular 1244, National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy - A Framework for Loss Reduction, 2003, by Elliott C. Spiker and Paula L. Gori (posted 10/06/2003)
  • (2001) Paper (PDF) 4.2 MB, Cannon, S.H., 2001, Debris-flow generation from recently burned watersheds: Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, v. 7, no. 4, p. 321-341.
  • (2001) Paper (PDF) 228 KB, Cannon, S.H., Bigio, E.R., Mine, E., 2001, A process for fire-related debris-flow initiation, Cerro Grande Fire, New Mexico: Hydrological Processes, v. 15, no. 15, p. 3011-3023.
  • (2001) Paper (PDF) 2.2 MB, Cannon, S.H., Kirkham, R.M., and Parise, Mario, 2001, Wildfire-related debris-flow initiation processes, Storm King Mountain, Colorado: Geomorphology, v. 39, no. 3-4, pp 171-188.
  • (2000) Paper (PDF) 0.5MB, Cannon, S.H., and Reneau, S.L., 2000, Conditions for generation of fire-related debris flows, Capulin Canyon, New Mexico: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 25, p. 1103-1121.
  • (1997) 97-720, Kalendovsky, M.A., and Cannon, S.H., 1997, Fire-related water-repellent soils—an annotated bibliography: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-720, 41 pp.
  • (1997) 97-136, Cannon, S.H., 1997, 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: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 97-136 , 20 pp.
  • (1986) A Model for the Plastic Flow of Landslides, William Z. Savage and William K. Smith, 1986, Professional Paper 1385.
  • (1981) Professional Paper 1204-A, Harp, E.L., Wilson, R.C., and Wieczorek, G.F., 1981, Landslides from the February 4, 1976, Guatemala earthquake: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1204-A, 35 p.
  • Yosemite National Park, California, rockfalls (PDF), Alternate (PDF), an article describing the 1996 rock fall at Happy Isles, Yosemite National Park has recently been published in the Geological Society of America Bulletin - January issue. (posted 2/14/2000)
  • USGS Bulletin 2180, Finite-element analysis of the Woodway Landslide, Washington
  • Negri, A.J., et al., 2005, The Hurricane-Flood-Landslide Continuum: in, In Box, Insights and Innovations, American Meteorological Society, p. 1241-1247.
  • Landslide Hazards, in Washington State Due to February 5-9, 1996 Storm
  • An Outbreak of Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever), caused by Landslides Triggered by the 1994 Northridge, California Earthquake
  • USGS Bulletin 2130, 15 Chapters on "The Slumgullion Earth Flow..."
  • Rainfall and seasonal movement of the Weeks Creek landslide, San Mateo County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 276, Wieczorek, Gerald F., Reid, Mark E., Jodicke, Walter, Pearson, Chris, and Wilcox, Grant, 2007
  • Professional Paper 1183, published in 1983, Landslide Overview Map of the Conterminous United States 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, Landslide Overview Map of the Conterminous U.S., published in 1997.
  • NOAA-USGS Debris-Flow Warning System - Final Report
  • National Landslide Strategy
  • Effect of rainfall intensity and duration on debris flows in central Santa Cruz Mountains, California, Reviews in Engineering Geology, Volume VII, 1987, by G.F. Wieczorek
  • Debris-Flow Hazards in the Blue Ridge of Central Virginia, Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, Vol VI, No 1, February 2000, by G.F. Wieczorek, B.A. Morgan, and R.H. Campbell
  • California Landslide Inventory Maps published by the California Geological Survey

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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.
  • (2009) Godt, J.W., Baum, R.L., and Lu, N., 2009, Landsliding in partially saturated materials: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 36.
  • (2009) Harp, E.L., Reid, M.E., McKenna, J.P., and Michael, J.A., 2009, Mapping of hazard from rainfall-triggered landslides in developing countries: Examples from Honduras and Micronesia: Engineering Geology, v. 104, p. 295-311.
  • (2009) Sato, H.P., and Harp, E.L., 2009, Interpretation of earthquake-induced landslides triggered by the 12 May 2008, M 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake in the Beichuan area, Sichuan Province, China using satellite imagery and Google Earth: Landslides, v. 6, p. 153-159.
  • (2009) Schulz, W.H., McKenna, J.P., Biavati, G., and Kibler, J.D., 2008, Relations between hydrology and velocity of a continuously moving landslide – evidence of pore-pressure feedback regulating landslide motion?, Landslides, Springer, published June 4, 2009.
  • (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) First World Landslide Forum Parallel Sessions Volume, Godt, J.W., Sener, B., Verdin, K.L., Wald, D.J., Earle, P.S., Harp, E.L., and Jibson, R.W., 2008, Rapid assessment of earthquake-induced landsliding, in, Proceedings of the First World Landslide Forum, November 2008, tokyo, Japan, Parallel Sessions Volume, International Program on Landslides, online: http://www.iclhq.org/WLFweb/parallel_sessions.pdf
  • (2008) Deciphering landslide behavior using large-scale flume experiments, Reid, M.E., Iverson, R.M., Iverson, N.R., LaHusen, R.G., Brien, D.L., and Logan, M., 2008, Proceedings of The First World Landslide Forum, Sassa, D., and P. Canuti eds., Parallel Sessions Volume, First World Landslide Forum, November 18-21, 2008, Tokyo, Japan.
  • (2008) Lu, N., and Godt, J.W., 2008, Infinite-slope stability under steady unsaturated seepage conditions: Water Resources Research, v. 44, p. W11404.
  • (2008) Godt, J.W., and McKenna, J.P., 2008, Hydrological response of hillside materials to infiltration: Implications for shallow landsliding in the Seattle are, in, Baum, R.L., Godt, J.W., and Highland, L.M., eds., Landslides and Engineering Geology of the Seattle, Washington, area: Geological Society of America Reviews in Engineering Geology, v. XX, p. 121-135
  • (2008) Godt, J.w., Schulz, W.H., Baum, R.L., and Savage, W.Z., 2008, Modeling rainfall conditions for shallow landsliding in Seattle, Washington, in, Baum, R.L., Godt, J.W., and Highland, L.M., eds., Landslides and Engineering Geology of the Seattle, Washington area: Geological Society of America Reviews in Engineering Geology, v. XX, p. 137-152.
  • (2008) Salciarini, D., Godt, J.W., Savage, W.Z., Baum, R.L., and Conversini, P., 2008, Modeling landslide recurrence in Seattle, Washington, USA: Engineering Geology, v. 102, p. 227-237.
  • (2008) Brien, D.L., and Reid, M.E., 2008, Assessing deep-seated landslide susceptibility using 3-D groundwater and slope-stability analyses, southwestern Seattle, Washington, in, Baum, R.L., Godt, J.W., and Highland, L.M., eds., Landslides and Engineering Geology of the Seattle, Washington, Area, Geological Society of America, Reviews in Engineering Geology, Vol. XX, p. 83-101.
  • (2008) Reid, M.E., Baum, R.L., LaHusen, R.G., and Ellis, W.L., 2008, Capturing landslide dynamics and hydrologic triggers using near-real-time monitoring, in, Chen, Z. Zhang, J., Li, Z, Wu, F, Ho, K., eds., Landslides and Engineered Slopes, Taylor and Francis Group, London, p. 179-191.
  • (2008) Baum, Rex, Godt, Jonathan, and Lynn Highland, eds., 2008, Landslides and Engineering Geology of the Seattle, Washington, area,” Geological Society of America, Reviews in Engineering Geology Series, Vol. XX, 181 pp, 1 plate.
  • (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
  • (2008) Wieczorek, Gerald F. and Leahy, P. Patrick, 2008, Landslide hazard mitigation in North America: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, V. XIV, no. 2, May 2008, p. 133-144.
  • (2008) Chleborad, A.F., Baum, R.L., and Godt, J.W., 2008, A prototype system for forecasting landslides in the Seattle, Washington, Area, in Baum, R.L., Godt, J.W., and Highland, L.M., eds., Engineering geology and landslides of the Seattle, Washington, area: Geological Society of America Reviews in Engineering Geology v. XX, p. 103-120, doi: 10.1130/2008.4020(06).
  • (2007) Staircase Falls rockfall event and hazards at Curry Village, Yosemite National Park, California, Wieczorek, G.F., wilson, R.C., Ellen, S.D., Reid, M.E., and Jayko, A.S., 2007, Conference Presentations, 1st North American Landslide Conference, Vail, Colorado, AEG Special Publicstions No. 23, AEG Copyright 2007.
  • (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) Hazard assessment of the Tidal Inlet landslide and potential subsequent tsunmai, Wieczorek, G.F., Snyder, J.B., Borchers, J.W., and Reichenbach, Paola, 2007, Landslides, Springer-Verlag, v. 4, p. 205-215.
  • (2007) Wieczorek, G.f., Wilson, R.C., Ellen, S.D, Reid, M.E., and Jayko, A.S., 2007, Thirty-one years of debris-flow observation and monitoring near La Honda, Clifornia, USA, in, Chen, C.L., and Major, J.J., eds, Debris-flow Hazards Mitigation: mechanics, Prediction, and Assessment, Proceedings of the 4th International DFHM Conference, Chengdu, China, September 10-13, 2007, Millpress Science Publishers, ROTTERDAM, nETHERLANDS, P. 55-63.
  • (2007) Reid, M.E., Ellen, S.D., Brien, D.L., de la Fuente, J., Falls, J.N., Hicks, B.G., Johnson, E.C., 2007, Predicting debris-slide locations innorthwestern California, in Proceedings of the Redwood Region Forest Science Symposiium: what does the future hold?, in, Standiford, R.B., Giusti, G.A., Valachovic, Y.,Zielinski, W.J., furniss, M.J., eds., USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSAW-GTR-194, p. 347-356.
  • (2007) Schmidt, K.M., and Reid, M.E., 2007, Rock strength, geology, and landsliding along the Big Sur coast, CA: Proc. First North American Landslide Conference, Vail, Colorado, USA, June 3-8, 2007, Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, p. 1717-1727
  • (2007) Baum, R.L., Lidke, D.J., and Hart, M., 2007, Grand Mesa landslide complex, in, Noe, D.C., and Coe, J.A., eds., Field Trip Guide Books, First North America Landslide Conference: Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists Special Publication 21 and Colorado Geological Survey Special Publication 56.
  • (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)
  • (2007) Wieczorek, G.F., Wilson, R.C., Ellen, S.D>, Reid, M.E and Jayko, A.S., 2007, Thirty-one years of debris-flow observation and monitoring near la Honda, California, USA, in, Chen, C.L. and Major, J.J., eds., Debris-flow hazards mitigation: Mechanics, prediction, and assessent. Proceedings of the 4th International DFHM Conference, Chengdu, China, September 10-13, 2007, Millpress Science Publishers, Rotterdam Netherlands, p. 55-63.
  • (2006) Reid, M.E., and Brien, D.L., 2006, Assessing massive flank collapse at stratovolcanoes using 3-D slope stability anlysis, in, Evans, S.G., Scarascia Mugnozza, G., Strom, A., and Hermanns, R.L., eds., Landslides from Massive rock Slope Failure, NATO Science Series, v. 49, Springer, Netherlands, p. 445-458.
  • (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.
  • (2006) Wieczorek, G.F., Eaton, L.S., Yanosky, T.M., and Turner, E.J., 2006, Landslides, Springer, v.3, n. 2, p. 95-106.
  • (2006) Keefer, David K., Wartman, Joseph, Navarro Ochoa, Carlos, Rodriguez-Marek, Adrian, and Wieczorek, Gerald F., 2006, Landslides caused by the M 7.6 Tecoman, Mexico earthquake of January 21, 2003, Engineering Geology, 86 (2006), p. 183-197
  • (2006) Larsen,M.C., and Wieczorek, G.F., 2006, Geomorphic effects of large debris flows and flash floods, northern Venezuela, 1999, Tropical Geomorphology with Special Reference to South America, Latrubesse, Edgardo, ed., Zeitschrift fur Geomophologie, Suppl. vol. 145, p. 147-175
  • (2005) The Hurricane-Flood-Landslide Continuum, Negri, Andrew J., Burkardt, Nina, Golden, Joseph H., halverson, Jeffrey B., Huffman, George J., Larsen, Matthew C., McGinley, John A., Updike, Randall G., Verdin, James P., and Wieczorek, Gerald F., 2005, The Hurricane-Flood-Landslide Continuum, in, Box, Insights and Innovations, American meterological Soceity, p. 1241-1247.
  • (2005) Wieczorek, G.F., Gori, P.L., and Highland, L.M., 2005, Reducing landslide hazards and risk in the United States: The role of the U.S. Geological Survey, in, Glade, T., Anderson, M., and Crozier, M.J., eds.,Landslide Hazard and Risk, John Wiley and sons, Ltd., p. 351-376.
  • (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.
  • (2005) Wieczorek, G.F., and Glade, Thomas, 2005, Climatic Factors Influencing Occurrence of Debris Flows, in, Jakob, Matthias and Hungr, Oldrich, eds., Debris-flow Hazards and Related Phenomena, Praxis, Springer, Chichester, UK, Ch. 14, p. 325-362.
  • (2004) Transient hazard model using radar data for predicting debris flows in Madison County, Virginia, Morrissey, M., Wieczorek, G., and Morgan, B., 2004, Transient hazard model using radar data for predicting debris flows in Madison, County, Virginia: Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, v. X, n. 4, p. 285-296.
  • (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) Reid, M.E., 2004, Massive collapse of volcano edifices triggered by hydrothermal pressurization: Geology, v. 32, n. 5, p. 373-376
  • (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.

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