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Landslides and ridge-top failures associated with the epicentral area of the Loma Prieta earthquake of October 17, 1989 Santa Cruz County, California

Journal Article · · California Geology (California Division of Mines and Geology); (USA)
OSTI ID:6225208
Extensive landslides and ridge-top failures occurred in the epicentral are of the Loma Prieta earthquake. These failures have been subdivided into four categories: (1) small rockfalls, dry debris flows, minor slumps, wedge-failure landslides along highway cut-slopes, and sea cliff failures; (2) ridge-top fractures dominated by tensional separation; (3) crown scarps of incipient landslides on the axes of steeply-plunging, steed-sided spur ridges; and (4) remobilized portions of existing large-scale rotational landslide complexes. These failures are described in detail.
OSTI ID:
6225208
Journal Information:
California Geology (California Division of Mines and Geology); (USA), Journal Name: California Geology (California Division of Mines and Geology); (USA) Vol. 43:2; ISSN 0026-4555; ISSN CGEOA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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