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Record Nr.

UNINA9910709708303321

Titolo

The Loma Prieta, California, earthquake of October 17, 1989 Landslides / / David K. Keefer, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 1998

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 185 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 1551-C

Strong ground motion and ground failure

Soggetti

Loma Prieta Earthquake, Calif., 1989

Landslides - California - Santa Cruz Region

Earthquakes - California - Loma Prieta

Geology - California - Santa Cruz Region

Earthquakes

Geology

Landslides

California Loma Prieta

California Santa Cruz Region

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Regional distribution and characteristics of landslides generated by the earthquake / David K. Keefer and Michael W. Manson -- Coastal-bluff failures in northern Monterey Bay induced by the earthquake / Gary B. Griggs and Nathaniel Plant -- Landslide dams in Santa Cruz County, California, resulting from the earthquake / Robert L. Schuster, Gerald F. Wieczorek, and David G. Hope II -- Large landslides near the San Andreas fault in the Summit Ridge area, Santa Cruz Mountains, California / David K. Keefer, Gary B. Griggs, and Edwin L. Harp -- Origin of fractures triggered by the earthquake in the Summit Ridge and Skyland Ridge areas and their relation to landslides / Edwin L. Harp -- Evaluation of coseismic ground cracking accompanying the earthquake / Jeffrey M. Nolan and Gerald E. Weber -- Analysis of earthquake-reactivated landslides in the epicentral region, central



Santa Cruz Mountains, California / William F. Cole [and others].