Map showing inventory and regional susceptibility for Holocene debris flows, and related fast-moving landslides in the conterminous United States
Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
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Abstract
Introduction
Debris flows, debris avalanches, mud flows and lahars are fast-moving landslides that occur in a wide variety of environments throughout the world. They are particularly dangerous to life and property because they move quickly, destroy objects in their paths, and often strike without warning. This map represents a significant effort to compile the locations of known debris flows in United Stated and predict where future flows might occur.
The files 'dfipoint.e00' and 'dfipoly.e00' contain the locations of over 6600 debris flows from published and unpublished sources. The locations are referenced by numbers that correspond to entries in a bibliography, which is part of the pamphlet 'mf2329pamphlet.pdf'. The areas of possible future debris flows are shown in the file 'susceptibility.tif', which is a georeferenced TIFF file that can be opened in an image editing program or imported into a GIS system like ARC/INFO. All other databases are in ARC/INFO export (.e00) format.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Map showing inventory and regional susceptibility for Holocene debris flows, and related fast-moving landslides in the conterminous United States |
| Series title | Miscellaneous Field Studies Map |
| Series number | 2329 |
| DOI | 10.3133/mf2329 |
| Edition | Online Version 1.0 |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 2 Sheets; Text; Data Files |
| Scale | 2500000 |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |