| Abstract: | This data compilation consists of dBase IV1 data files of the location, date, triggering mechanism, kind, size, failure time and mechanism, breach dimensions, subsequent controls, materials, and references for 463 historical landslide dams and associated natural reservoirs that have been recorded throughout the World. The data base presented in this report is a compilation of information on the characteristics of 463 landslide dams from around the World. It forms a basis on which to assess potential threats from existing landslide dams, or newly-formed landslide dams. The data base includes only landslide dams that have formed in historical times - that is, those formed during times when humans were able to record their occurrence, and the information transferred through various means of written and/or oral documentation. There have been far more prehistoric landslide dams about which relatively little is known. None of these is included in this data base. The focus on historical landslide dams allows insights into this natural process that will aid in understanding their role as a significant geologic process in recent Earth history. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 18560 |
| Citation Author: | Costa, John E.; Schuster, Robert L. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Cascades Volcano Observatory |
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| Citation Language: | English |
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| Citation LatN: | 0900000 |
| Citation LatS: | -0900000 |
| Citation LonE: | 1800000 |
| Citation LonW: | -1800000 |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 494 |
| Citation Online Only Flag: | Y |
| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 486 p. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 91-239 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Documented historical landslide dams from around the world; 1991; OFR; 91-239; Costa, John E.; Schuster, Robert L. |
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| Citation Year: | 1991 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Documented historical landslide dams from around the world; 1991; OFR; 91-239; Costa, John E.; Schuster, Robert L. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/ofr_91_239.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/DebrisDams/Publications/OFR91-239/framework.html |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1991/0239/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Sep 2001 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
