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More Great Links
- You Tube: La Conchita Landslide
- You Tube: Landslide Video
- USGS Landslide Hazards Program
- United States Search and Rescue Task Force: Landslides
- FEMA: Landslide and Debris Flow
Sources
- Brantley, Steve, and Bobbie Myers. "Mount St. Helens -- From the 1980 Eruption to 2000." USGS. March 21, 2005. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs036-00/
- Exline, Joseph D., ed. "Science Explorer: Earth's Changing Surface." Teacher's Ed. Prentice Hall. 2002.
- Feather, Ralph M. Jr. et al. "Earth Science." Georgia Teacher Wraparound Ed. Glencoe/McGraw-Hill. 2002.
- United States Geological Survey Landslide Hazard Program. "Frequently Asked Questions." Sept. 17, 2007. http://landslides.usgs.gov/learning/faq/#q03
- Highland, Lynn. "Landslide Types and Processes." USGS. July 2004. http://pbs.usgs.gov/fs/2004/3072/
- Highland, Lynn M., et al. "Debris Flow Hazards in the United States." United States Geological Survey, June 23, 2003. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-176-97/fs-176-97.html
- United States Geological Survey. "Landslide Hazards." May 2000. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0071-00/fs-0071-00.pdf
- Maton, Anthea et al. "Dynamic Earth." Annotated Teacher's Ed., Prentice Hall. 1994.
- Petley, D. N. "An analysis of the occurrence of fatal landslides in 2005." Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 8 (2006). Jan. 21, 2008. http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU06/02139/EGU06-J-02139.pdf
- United States Search and Rescue Task Force. "Landslides." (2000) Sept. 21, 2007.
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