What Is a Landslide?

Why do landslides happen?

Types of landslides

Detection and Prevention

Sources

Works Cited

Anatomy of A Landslide <www.mnsfld.edu/depts/geoggeo/elab/lsanat.html>

Cuba, Coco. Rescuers use picks, shovels in search for landslide victims. Apr. 3, 2003. <www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/UNID/ECB34CD1879B06B249256CFE001FC6DC>

Geologic Hazards Landslides <http://landslides.usgs.gov>

Landslides in British Columbia <www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/geolsurv/surficial/landslid/default.htm>

Landslides Triggered by Earthquakes <http://memebers.ac.uk/depts/geo/studwebpage/cheng/landslide.html>

Potential San Francisco Bay Landslides During El Nino <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/elnino/landslides-sfbay/intro.html>

Real Time Monitoring of Active Landslides <http://geohazards.cs.usgs.gov/factsheets/FS091-99.pdf>

Socioeconomic and Environmental Impacts of Landslides In the Western Hemisphere <http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/1999/mf-2325>

Talking About Disasters < www.fema.gov/rrr/talkdiz/landslide.shtm>

Volcanoes <http://volcanoes.usgs.gov>

Webpage created by Elizabeth Goltz for Geology 115, Spring 2003