Hazards
Links to USGS activities in the natural hazards theme area, such as floods, fires, volcanoes, earthquakes. Also links to USGS factsheets on hazards.
(Score: 1.380)
Western Region geologic information
Links to geologic information on western states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon including information on coastal and marine geology, mineral resources, earthquakes, landslides, earthquake hazards and geologic maps.
(Score: 1.335)
Geologic hazards
Links to global information on earthquake, geomagnetic, volcanoe, and landslide hazards plus dynamic maps, images, seismic maps, and geomagnetic data.
(Score: 1.000)
Geologic hazards: landslide images
Photographs of examples of landslides viewable online as 100-200kb or 800x600kb images.
(Score: 1.000)
Landslides
Links to USGS programs on landslides with general information and studies of specific landslides.
(Score: 1.000)
USGS news and information on El Nino
Information sources on El Nino effects such as landslides, coastal hazards, floods. Includes links to maps and images.
(Score: 1.000)
Costly landslide events in the United States: map layer description file
GIS data set from the USGS National Landslides Hazards Program showing major landslide events in the United States and Puerto Rico with metadata. Map layer can be downloaded in Shapefile format or SDTS format.
(Score: 0.690)
Geographic distribution of major hazards in the U.S.
Webpage with six maps showing areas in the contiguous 48 states (not Hawaii and Alaska) with a relatively high risk or frequency of selected hazards (floods, earthquakes, landslides, hurricanes, tornadoes, and volcanic eruptions).
(Score: 0.690)
Geologic hazards: landslides
Links to information on the geologic hazard landslides including landslide program, landslide events, people and projects, landslide mitigation program, program publications and searchable bibliography.
(Score: 0.690)
National Landslides Information Center
National Landslides Information Center links to general information, teacher/student information, recent landslide events, state and local information, current projects, fire-related landslides, and images and publications on landslides.
(Score: 0.690)
USGS hurricanes and coastal storm websites
Links to list of web sites related to storms including real-time streamflow, water quality, coastal vulnerability maps, landslides, El Nino, reports, and information on specific storms.
(Score: 0.690)
Northern California Landslide Working Group
Description of the Northern California Landslide Working Group research to better understand the mechanisms and hazards of earthquakes with links to general information, online information, and research.
(Score: 0.522)
USGS landslide information on the web
Brief descriptions and links to USGS information sources and maps related to landslides in California, El Nino, research programs, and other landslide links.
(Score: 0.522)
Definition:
General term covering a wide variety of mass-movement landforms and processes involving the downslope transport, under gravitational influence, of soil and rock material en masse. [Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]
