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Since the 1960s, when it was known as the California Division of Mines and Geology, CGS has produced many maps that depict landslide features and potential slope-failure areas. CGS products have included geologic maps and reports for land-use planning, landslide hazard identification maps, watershed maps, and earthquake-triggered landslide-zone ...
Animation of a landslide in San Mateo County, California Landslips Noire River (Rivière Noire), Saint-Alban landslide 1894, Quebec, Canada [1] [2] Landslides , also known as landslips , or rockslides , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls , mudflows , shallow ...
The Ferguson landslide, also commonly called the Ferguson Slide, is an active landslide in the Merced River canyon in Mariposa County, California, United States. In 2006, rocks and debris slid off Ferguson Ridge, blocking California State Route 140 , a primary access road to Yosemite National Park . [ 1 ]
Caltrans reported multiple slides across the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu and it does not have a timeline for when they will be cleared.
In California, these types of landslides are typically triggered during a big rainy season. But there is another factor at play. The Palos Verdes Peninsula — like Laguna Beach and San Clemente ...
Landslides and fallen trees due to the heavy rain and high wind gusts destroyed and damaged many homes and closed roads throughout California. Bel-Air had a peak 24-hour rainfall of 12.42 inches (315 mm) which equates to a 380-year return interval (0.3%).Los Angeles had been incorporating elements of a stormwater harvesting design to retain the ...
Many of the slides last week occurred in areas where hill slopes "might have conditions that predispose them to the landslides more so than normal," said Matt Thomas, a research hydrologist with ...
For the main part seismically generated landslides usually do not differ in their morphology and internal processes from those generated under non-seismic conditions. However, they tend to be more widespread and sudden. The most abundant types of earthquake-induced landslides are rock falls and slides of rock fragments that form on steep slopes.