Landslides
Chapter 5 Text
Good chapter, lots of case studies, failure mechanisms
http://www.usgs.gov/themes/landslid.html
USGS page on landslides including information on active studies
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1244/
National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy - A Framework for
Loss Reduction
http://landslides.usgs.gov/learningeducation/nationalmap/index.php
The National Landslide Hazard Map
http://landslides.usgs.gov/learningeducation/brenda_bell.php
A well-written article from Atlantic Monthly
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10946.html
The NAS report Partnerships for Reducing Landslide Risk:
Assessment of the National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2004/3072/pdf/fs2004-3072.pdf
A fact sheet on landslide types
Some items our library has. The first one is very comprehensive
and very good on mitigation.
QE599.2 .L36 1996 1996
Landslides : investigation and mitigation
Turner, A. Keith, 1941-
QE599.E8 L36 1996 1996
Landslide recognition : identification, movement, and causes
Dikau, Richard.
TA710 .C65 2005 2005
Landslides in practice : investigations, analysis, and remedial/preventive
options in soils
Cornforth, Derek.