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A closed-form equation for effective stress in unsaturated soil

APPLICATION AND TESTING OF A COUPLED HYDROMECHANICAL MODEL OF HILLSLOPE HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE AND SLOPE STABILITY, MUKILTEO, WA

Alpine debris flows triggered by a 28 July 1999 thunderstorm in the central Front Range, Colorado

article published in 2007

An open repository of earthquake-triggered ground-failure inventories

scholarly article published 2017

Analysis of rainfall-induced slope instability using a field of local factor of safety

Application and evaluation of a rapid response earthquake-triggered landslide model to the 25 April 2015 M w 7.8 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal

scholarly article by Sean F. Gallen et al published September 2017 in Tectonophysics

Application of a process-based shallow landslide hazard model over a broad area in Central Italy

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Basal-topographic control of stationary ponds on a continuously moving landslide

article by Jeffrey A. Coe et al published February 2009 in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Closing the Loop of the Soil Water Retention Curve

article by N. Lu et al published January 2015 in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Comparison of Soil Thickness in a Zero-Order Basin in the Oregon Coast Range Using a Soil Probe and Electrical Resistivity Tomography

Controls on the breach geometry and flood hydrograph during overtopping of noncohesive earthen dams

Correction to “Estimating the timing and location of shallow rainfall-induced landslides using a model for transient, unsaturated infiltration”

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Coseismic landslides reveal near-surface rock strength in a high-relief, tectonically active setting

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Debris flows along the Interstate 70 corridor, Floyd Hill to the Arapahoe Basin ski area, central Colorado; a field trip guidebook

scientific article published in 2002

Deterministic estimation of hydrological thresholds for shallow landslide initiation and slope stability models: case study from the Somma-Vesuvius area of southern Italy

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Development of a global slope dataset for estimation of landslide occurrence resulting from earthquakes

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Did the Zipingpu Reservoir trigger the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake?

scholarly article by Shemin Ge et al published 28 October 2009 in Geophysical Research Letters

Digital representation of "Landslide Overview Map of Conterminous United States

scholarly article by Jonathan W. Godt & Dorothy H. Radbruch-Hall published 1997 in Open-File Report

Direction of unsaturated flow in a homogeneous and isotropic hillslope

Drainage effects on the transient, near-surface hydrologic response of a steep hillslope to rainfall: implications for slope stability, Edmonds, Washington, USA

Early warning of rainfall-induced shallow landslides and debris flows in the USA

article by Rex L. Baum & Jonathan W. Godt published 24 October 2009 in Landslides

Effect of Hydraulic Hysteresis on Stability of Infinite Slopes under Steady Infiltration

Effect of antecedent-hydrological conditions on rainfall triggering of debris flows in ash-fall pyroclastic mantled slopes of Campania (southern Italy)

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Elucidating the role of vegetation in the initiation of rainfall-induced shallow landslides: Insights from an extreme rainfall event in the Colorado Front Range

scholarly article

Erratum to: Early warning of rainfall-induced shallow landslides and debris flows in the USA

scholarly article published in Landslides

Estimating the timing and location of shallow rainfall-induced landslides using a model for transient, unsaturated infiltration

scholarly article

Evaluating a Slope-Stability Model for Shallow Rain-Induced Landslides Using Gage and Satellite Data

scholarly article published 2014

Evolution of Strain Localization in Variable-Width Three-Dimensional Unsaturated Laboratory-Scale Cut Slopes

Experimental Test of Theory for the Stability of Partially Saturated Vertical Cut Slopes

Ferguson rock slide buries California State Highway near Yosemite National Park

Field Reconnaissance of Debris Flows Triggered by a July 21, 2007, Thunderstorm in Alpine, Colorado, and Vicinity

scientific article published in 2007

Geomorphological control on variably saturated hillslope hydrology and slope instability

scholarly article by Formetta Giuseppe et al published June 2016 in Water Resources Research

Hillslope Hydrology and Stability

scholarly article published 2013

Hydrologic monitoring of a landslide-prone hillslope in the Elliott State Forest, Southern Coast Range, Oregon, 2009-2012

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Hydrologic monitoring of landslide-prone coastal bluffs near Edmonds and Everett, Washington, 2001-2004

article published in 2005

Hysteresis and Uncertainty in Soil Water-Retention Curve Parameters

article by William J. Likos et al published April 2014 in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Hysteresis of Unsaturated Hydromechanical Properties of a Silty Soil

INDUCED SEISMICITY. High-rate injection is associated with the increase in U.S. mid-continent seismicity.

scientific article

Improving Near‐Real‐Time Coseismic Landslide Models: Lessons Learned from the 2016 Kaikōura, New Zealand, Earthquake

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Improving predictive power of physically based rainfall-induced shallow landslide models: a probabilistic approach

article by S. Raia et al published 25 March 2014 in Geoscientific Model Development

Infinite slope stability under steady unsaturated seepage conditions

Initiation conditions for debris flows generated by runoff at Chalk Cliffs, central Colorado

Interrelations among the Soil-Water Retention, Hydraulic Conductivity, and Suction-Stress Characteristic Curves

Investigation and hazard assessment of the 2003 and 2007 Staircase Falls rock falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Landslide mobility and hazards: implications of the 2014 Oso disaster

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Landslides Triggered by Hurricane Maria: Assessment of an Extreme Event in Puerto Rico

scientific article published in June 2019

Landslides Triggered by the 14 November 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura Earthquake, New Zealand

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Landslides across the USA: occurrence, susceptibility, and data limitations

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Landslides in the northern Colorado Front Range caused by rainfall, September 11-13, 2013

Landslides triggered by Hurricane Mitch in Guatemala -- inventory and discussion

scientific article published in 2001

Landsliding in partially saturated materials

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Map showing alpine debris flows triggered by a July 28, 1999 thunderstorm in the central Front Range of Colorado

scientific article published in 2003

Map showing locations of damaging landslides in Alameda County, California, resulting from 1997-98 El Nino rainstorms

scientific article published in 1999

Map showing locations of damaging landslides in Contra Costa County, California, resulting from 1997-98 El Nino rainstorms

scientific article published in 1999

Map showing locations of damaging landslides in Marin County, California, resulting from 1997-98 El Nino rainstorms

scientific article published in 1999

Map showing locations of damaging landslides in Napa County, California, resulting from 1997-98 El Nino rainstorms

scientific article published in 1999

Map showing locations of damaging landslides in San Francisco City and County, California, resulting from 1997-98 El Nino rainstorms

scientific article published in 1999

Map showing locations of damaging landslides in San Mateo County, California, resulting from 1997-98 El Nino rainstorms

scientific article published in 1999

Map showing locations of damaging landslides in Santa Clara County, California, resulting from 1997-98 El Nino rainstorms

scientific article published in 1999

Map showing locations of damaging landslides in Santa Cruz County, California, resulting from 1997-98 El Nino rainstorms

scientific article published in 1999

Map showing locations of damaging landslides in Solano County, California, resulting from 1997-98 El Nino rainstorms

scientific article published in 1999

Map showing locations of damaging landslides in Sonoma County, California, resulting from 1997-98 El Nino rainstorms

scientific article published in 1999

Map showing recent (1997-98 El Nino) and historical landslides, Crow Creek and vicinity, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California

Maps Showing Locations of Damaging Landslides Caused by El Nino Rainstorms, Winter Season 1997-98, San Francisco Bay Region, California

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Modeling landslide recurrence in Seattle, Washington, USA

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Modeling regional initiation of rainfall-induced shallow landslides in the eastern Umbria Region of central Italy

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Modeling the spatial distribution of landslide-prone colluvium and shallow groundwater on hillslopes of Seattle, WA

article by William H. Schulz et al published 2007 in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Modified Direct Shear Apparatus for Unsaturated Sands at Low Suction and Stress

Natural hazards science strategy

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New insights into debris-flow hazards from an extraordinary event in the Colorado Front Range

Overview of the geologic effects of the November 14, 2016, Mw 7.8 Kaikoura, New Zealand, earthquake

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Plenary: Progress in Regional Landslide Hazard Assessment—Examples from the USA

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Positive feedback and momentum growth during debris-flow entrainment of wet bed sediment

Presentation and Analysis of a Worldwide Database of Earthquake-Induced Landslide Inventories

scholarly article by Hakan Tanyaş et al published October 2017 in Journal of geophysical research. Earth surface

Rainfall characteristics for shallow landsliding in Seattle, Washington, USA

article by Jonathan W. Godt et al published January 2006 in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Rainfall thresholds for forecasting landslides in the Seattle, Washington, area - exceedance and probability

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Regional landslide-hazard assessment for Seattle, Washington, USA

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Results of hydrologic monitoring of a landslide-prone hillslope in Portland’s West Hills, Oregon, 2006–2017

Rock-fall potential in the Yosemite Valley, California

scientific article published in 1999

Science for a risky world—A U.S. Geological Survey plan for risk research and applications

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Seasonal movement of the Slumgullion landslide determined from Global Positioning System surveys and field instrumentation, July 1998–March 2002

Stability of infinite slopes under transient partially saturated seepage conditions

Strong variation in weathering of layered rock maintains hillslope-scale strength under high precipitation

scientific article published in 2018

TRIGRS; a Fortran program for transient rainfall infiltration and grid-based regional slope-stability analysis

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The influence of vegetation on debris-flow initiation during extreme rainfall in the northern Colorado Front Range

scholarly article

The size, distribution, and mobility of landslides caused by the 2015 Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal

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Transient deterministic shallow landslide modeling: Requirements for susceptibility and hazard assessments in a GIS framework

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Tropical Storm-Induced Landslide Potential Using Combined Field Monitoring and Numerical Modeling

article by Pan Chen et al published November 2018 in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

U.S. Geological Survey natural hazards science strategy: promoting the safety, security, and economic well-being of the Nation

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USGS approach to real-time estimation of earthquake-triggered ground failure - Results of 2015 workshop

scholarly article by Kate E. Allstadt et al published 2016 in Open-File Report

VARIABILITY IN SOIL-WATER RETENTION PROPERTIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PHYSICS-BASED SIMULATION OF LANDSLIDE EARLY WARNING CRITERIA

Variability in soil-water retention properties and implications for physics-based simulation of landslide early warning criteria