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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Bibliography of United States landslide maps and reports
Christopher S. Alger
and
Earl E. Brabb1
Open-File Report 85-585
This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for
conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards and
stratigraphic nomenclature.
1Menlo Park, California
Contents
Page
Introductlon......................................... 1
Text References...................................... 8
Bibliographies With Landslide References............. 8
Multi State-United States Landslide Maps and Reports. 8
Alabama.............................................. 9
Alaska............................................... 9
American Samoa....................................... 14
Arizona.............................................. 14
Arkansas............................................. 16
California........................................... 16
Colorado............................................. 41
Connecticut.......................................... 51
Delaware............................................. 51
District of Columbia................................. 51
Florida.............................................. 51
Georgi a.............................................. 51
Guam................................................. 51
Hawa i i............................................... 51
Idaho................................................ 52
II1i noi s............................................. 54
Indiana.............................................. 54
Iowa................................................. 55
Kansas............................................... 55
Page
Kentucky............................................. 55
Loui si ana............................................ 56
Maine................................................ 56
Maryland............................................. 57
Massachusetts........................................ 57
Michigan............................................. 57
Minnesota............................................ 57
Mi ssi ssi ppi.......................................... 58
Mi ssouri............................................. 58
Montana.............................................. 58
Nebraska............................................. 64
Nevada............................................... 65
New Hampshire........................................ 67
New Jersey........................................... 67
.New Mexico........................................... 68
New York............................................. 69
North Carolina....................................... 71
North Dakota....'..................................... 71
Ohio................................................. 71
Oklahoma............................................. 73
Oregon............................................... 74
Pennsylvania......................................... 82
Puerto Rico.......................................... 85
Rhode Island......................................... 86
South Carolina....................................... 86
South Dakota......................................... 87
Page
Tennessee............................................ 88
Texas................................................ 89
Utah................................................. 89
Vermont.............................................. 97
Virginia............................................. 97
Virgin Islands....................................... 99
Washi ngton........................................... 99
West Virginia........................................ Ill
Wi sconsi n............................................ 112
Wyomi ng.............................................. 113
Tables
Table 1. Serials searched systematically.
2. Dialog files queried in 1983.
3. Comparison between this bibliography and state prepared
bibliographies.
4. Engineers and geologists in state Departments of Transportation who
provided information.
5. Professors, geologists, and engineers who provided state
landslide information.
6. Geologists and engineers in state Geological Surveys who provided
information.
7. Engineers and geologists in Federal Agencies who provided
information or reviewed our bibliography
m
INTRODUCTION library in Menlo Park were examined. Perhaps as many as 10 percent
of these references were missing from the library shelves. If the
U.S. Geological Survey Circular 880 outlines the goals and report or article had a table of contents, it was examined for the
tasks of the landslide part of a ground-failure hazards reduction following topics: Landslides or mass movement, geomorphology,
program for the United States. One need in such a program is to Quaternary geology, geologic hazards, flood damage, and surficial
determine the status of knowledge about landslide processes in geology. These section of the report or article were then examined
various parts of the country so that the magnitude of the task to page by page to determine 1f specific information on landslides was
complete the work can be properly assessed. Although several Included. Our search essentially ended with information published
bibliographies on landslide processes in the United States have through 1983, although a few references published in 1984 and 1985
been prepared, such as those by Chadburn (1978), Degraff (1977), were included when called to our attention.
Fisher, Lelth and Deal (1965), Keefer and Tannaci (1981), Larew and
others (1964) and Thompkin and Britt (1951), none is a
comprehensive and systematic review of all easily available Table 1
literature on a state-by-state basis. Thus, the extent to which
landslides have been recognized and mapped throughout the country Serials searched systematically
is largely unknown.
Alaska Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geologic Reports,
The task of assembling a complete bibliography of naps and Professional Reports, and Special Reports.
reports about landslides in the United States is so overwhelming
that it will probably never be done, especially if newspaper Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mining Technology Field Notes,
articles about landslides are included as literature. For example, Geologic Investigations Map Series, and Special Papers.
more than 100 articles about landslides were published in the first
half of 1983 alone by just two of the dozens of newspapers 1n the Association of Engineering Geologists Bulletins, Fieldtrip
San Francisco Bay region. Moreover, landslides may be mentioned or Guidebooks, and Meeting Programs and Abstracts.
mapped only inddently 1n a report about the geology of an area, so
that a complete reading of all reports and maps about the geology Billings Geological Society Guidebooks.
of the United States would be necessary to Insure completeness.
That number for just the 22-year period from 1961 to 1983 is California Division of Mines and Geology Special Reports,
127,784 references, according to the GEOREF file of the American California Geology, Geologic Maps, Open-File Maps and Reports,
Geological Institute (queried 6/2/83). and Preliminary Reports.
Another way of looking at the enormity of the task to prepare Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin, Information Series, Map
a complete bibliography is to examine the number of landslides in Series, and Special Publications
the United States. No estimates have been made, to our knowledge,
for the country as a whole, but Peter Lessing (West Virginia Engineering Geology and Soils Engineering Symposium, Proceedings.
Geological and Economic Survey, verbal communication, 5/11/83) has
determined that there are about 437,000 landslides 1n West Virginia Four Corners Geological Society Guidebooks.
alone.
Geological Society of America Bulletins, Memoirs, Special Papers,
Fortunately, many short-cuts are available that allowed us to Geology, and Meeting Abstracts with Programs.
prepare a reasonably complete bibliography for some kinds of
literature, and a sampling of others, as explained below. This Highway Geology Symposium, Proceedings.
bibliography of about 6,500 references will hopefully provide a
first approximation of the landslide literature for all states, International Association of Engineering Geologists Bulletins.
territories and possessions of the United States.
Journal of Geology.
GENERAL PROCEDURES
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletins, Special
We began by using the following terms to query the GEOREF file Publications, and Memoirs.
of the American Geological Institute on February 21, 1981:
landslides, rockfalls, earthflows, slumping, rockslides, mass Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File -Reports, Urban Maps,
wasting, mudflows, debris flows, earthquake-generated landslides, and Map Series.
slope stability and slope failure. Of the 1,976 references
obtained from this file, 560 were for landslides in California, 201 New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Bulletins,
in Colorado, 144 in Alaska, and 128 in Washington. All the other Geologic Map Series, and Memoirs.
states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands had less than 100
references; Connecticut and Rhode Island had none. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook.
The following landslide-related topics were arbitrarily not New York Geological Survey Open-File Reports.
Included in our search: Submarine landslides, snow avalanches,
floodwater damage, sinkhole collapse, underground mine collapse,
subsidence, liquefaction, and rock glaciers. Reports that do not North Dakota Geological Survey Circular, Bulletins, Report of
separate bluff erosion, wave action, and soil rilling from bluff Investigations, and Groundwater Studies.
slumping and landsliding were also excluded. No attempt was made
to access or include references to topical reports on landslide Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Bulletins, Ore
processes not related to a specific landslide or to the foreign Bin, Special Papers, and Geologic Map Series.
literature.
Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Guidebooks.
To the basic GEOREF file, we added references from 656
bibliographic cards maintained by Dorothy Radbruch-Hall, U.S. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletins (1-1528), Professional Papers,
Geological Survey, extensive card and reprint files kept by David Monographs, Open-File Reports (approximately 15,300),
Varnes, Robert Schuster, Gerald Wieczorek, David Keefer, and Robert Miscellaneous Field Studies Maps, Geologic Quadrangle Maps,
Fleming, all of the U.S. Geological Survey, and all pertinent Miscellaneous Investigations Maps, and Oil and Gas
catalog files of the U.S. Geological Survey libraries in Menlo Investigations Maps (approximately 6,000 maps total), and
Park, California, Denver, Colorado, and Reston, Virginia, and the Water-Supply Papers.
Library of Congress. All of the bibliographies and reports
mentioned by Coates (1977), Dennlson (1977), Hopp (1955), Rapp and Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Bulletins, Survey Notes, and
Stromquist (1976) and Schuster and KMzek (1978) were scanned for Maps.
additional references.
Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Reports, Open-
Each report was then checked to make certain it contains File Reports, Information Circulars, and Geologic Map Series.
information about landslides that can be located within a specific
state. If the article contains Information about landslides in Wyoming Geological Association, Guidebooks.
more than one state, 1t was listed under each appropriate state.
General articles that mention many states or the entire United
States are listed in a separate section. Very few articles, Beginning in January 1982 and lasting until June 1985, Brabb
certainly less than one percent of the total, are double or traveled more than 60,000 miles by automobile in every state.
multiple entries. References cited 1n each article were checked Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands to evaluate the status of
against the master file and were added 1f they were missing. landslide knowledge, to determine the methodologies most likely to
be successful in reducing or mitigating the consequences of
After many of the reports and maps that clearly mentioned landsliding, and to obtain additional landslide references. Every
landslides in the title had been found, we began a systematic state geological survey and highway department was contacted, and
search of serials, maps and other reports listed in Table 1 for three (Oregon Department of Geology and Material Resources,
Information about landslides that was buried 1n a report on the Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources, and the Utah
general geology of the area or in some other topic. To save time, Geological and Mineral Survey) were funded by contract with the
only volumes and maps on the shelves of the U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey to prepare Independently a bibliography on
landslides for their state.
Table 3. Comparison between bibliography 1n this report and bibliography prepared by state geological surveys.
BIBLIOGRAPHY PREPARED BY STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Washington Oregon Montana Utah Total
Number of landslide maps and reports, including incidental mention of landslides 572 percent 321 percent 183 percent 205 percent 1281 percent
Number of references not reported in U.S. Geological Survey bibliography 351 61 203 63 89 49 119 58 762 59
Minus reports and maps referring to snow avalancties, coal mine subsidence or 31 27 0 28
other processes not included in U.S. Geological Survey bibliography
Minus references to maps and reports with titles that may or may not be 0 83 0 12
appropriate for USGS bibliography. Maps and reports not in USGS Library
Adjusted number of references not reported in U.S. Geological Survey 320 56 93 29 89 49 79 39 581 45
bibliography
Analysis of omissions
University theses 71 22 11 12 31 35 19 24 132 23
University geology and other department publications 9 3 13 14 1 1 45 27 5
Reports by consulting firms 21 7 15 16 0 0 0 0 36 6
Guidebook articles 17 555 56 68 33 6
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Papers, Circulars, Bulletins, and 38 12 2 2 9 10 5 6 54 9
Water Supply Papers
U.S. Geological Survey published maps 13 4 0 0 15 17 12 15 40 7
U.S. Geological Survey open-file reports 27 811 00 34 31 5
State geological survey and other state agency maps and reports 58 18 14 15 78 11 14 90 15
U.S. Forest Service maps and reports 1 0 16 17 0 0 00 17 3
BIBLIOGRAPHY PREPARED BY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Number of landslide maps and reports 232 230 65 122
Number of maps and reports that refer to landslides incidentally 140 139 155 279
Total number of maps and reports 372 369 220 401 1362
Number of references not reported in state survey bibliography 186 50 247 67 121 55 162 40 716 53
(for Utah, 82 post-1980 references subtracted from total)
Analysis of oarfssions (pre-1981 for Utah)
Newspaper clippings 70 38 6 2 32 32 82 11
U.S. Forest Service maps and reports 6 3 145 59 54 19 12 175 24
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Papers, Circulars, Bulletins and 16 9 11 4 97 12 7 48 7
Water Supply Papers
U.S. Geological Survey published maps 7 4 31 13 28 23 88 54 154 22
U.S. Geological Survey open-file reports 4200 44 36 16 10 64 9
Engineering News Record and trade journals 28 15 8 3 64 00 42 6
State geological survey and other state agency maps and reports 6383 32 14 9 31 4
University theses and publications _ 8 4 8 3 32 74 26 4
During the summer of 1982, Fred lay lor of the U.S. Geological Table 2
Survey contacted every regional office and visited many local DIALOG1 files queried in 1983
offices of the U.S. Forest Service in an attempt to obtain copies
of their maps and reports on landslides. Nearly all of these File 8 (COMPENDEX Engineering Information, Inc.): 483
landslide maps and reports were prepared for perspective timber landslides (not printed), 32 landslides in California (not
sales and are available only for Inspection 1n the various Forest printed), 7 landslides in Oregon, 3 debris flows, 0 earth slides, 0
Service offices. All of the ones Fred Taylor saw are listed in our mass movement, 10 mass wasting (not printed), 0 mudslide, 0
bibliography. rockslfde, 0 mudflow, 0 slope failure, 421 slope stability (not
printed).
The U.S. Soil Conservation Service (SCS) was contacted to
determine what Information they have on landslides, but very little File 14 (ISMEC Cambridge Scientific Abstracts): 0 landslide,
was obtained. Beginning about 1976, a landslide symbol was added 2 slope failures, 6 slope stability, 5 mass movement.
to the standard explanation for SCS Soil Surveys, but a check of a
dozen of these surveys indicates very little use of the symbol. File 28 (OCEANIC ABSTRACTS Cambridge Scientific Abstracts):
Some work on landslides is probably being conducted 1n local SCS 23 landslides, 5 debris flows, 8 mass movement, 2 mass wasting, 7
offices, but we decided not to pursue the extensive effort that mudslides, 7 mudflows, 1 rockslide, 57 slumping, 6 California
would be needed to determine which, if any, offices are involved. slumping.
Reports or maps about 347 landslides were obtained from all File 29 (METEOROLOGICAL AND GEOASTROPHYSICAL ABSTRACTS
seven of the district offices of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; American Meteorological Society and NOAA): 47 landslides (not
170 of the landslides are in the Pacific Northwest Region. Most of printed), 5 U.S. landslides, 4 California landslides, 1 mudslide, 0
the landslides involve dams or reservoirs owned or maintained by rockslide.
the Bureau; some threaten pipelines or canals. The Bureau also
maintains a landslide register that includes information about the File 34 (SCISEARCH1 Institute for Scientific Information,
location, activity, volume, rock type, triggering agent, and cost 1981 to present): 18 landslides.
of damage for each landslide.
File 35 (COMPREHENSIVE DISSERTATION INDEX University
During 1982, a preliminary 11st of references was sent to each Microfilms International): 22 landslides, 22 slope stability, 29
state geologist, state highway department, and many university mass movement, 0 rock fall, 5 slope failures.
geology professors to determine 1f the list was complete.
Additional references obtained from these sources were added to the File 39 (HISTORICAL ABSTRACTS ABC Clio, Inc.): 13
bibliography. landslides, 0 mudslide, 0 debris flow, 0. U.S. landslide, 0
California landslide.
The library of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways
Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi was visited 1n March File 40 (ENVIROLINE1 Environmental Information Center,
1983 to determine which of their reports mention landslides. Their Inc.): 52 landslides, 0 mudslide, 0 rockslide, 0 mudflow, 0 debris
card file of landslides and related topics Hke earthslides, flow, 0 slope stability.
rockslides, flow slides, mudflows, slope stability, mudslides, bank
erosion, stream erosion, and bank protection seems to be the most File 47 (MAGAZINE INDEX Information Access Corp.): 9
extensive in the United States, but few new references were landslides in U.S., 3 mudslides, 1 rockslide, 1 rockfall, 0
obtained. mudflow, 32 slumping (not printed).
In March, 1983, the 6EOREF file was updated to cover the File 49 (PAIS INTERNATIONAL Public Affairs Information
period after January 1980. About 400 new references were obtained, Service, Inc.): 10 landslides (not printed), 0 debris flow, 0 soil
mostly abstracts of papers given at Geological Society of America creep, 0 earthflow.
meetings.
File 58 (GEOARCHIVE Geosystems): 1,037 landslides (file not
In May, 1983, C. F. S. Sharpe, Falls Church, Virginia donated printed), 92 landslides in California (not printed).
a card file of approximately 1,400 references and several hundred
newspaper clippings on landslides he had collected during the past File 63 (TRIS U.S. Department of Transportation and
50 years. Of these, 422 references and almost all the newspaper Transportation Research Board Information Series): 454 landslide
clippings were added to our bibliography. references.
During the spring of 1983, we began to use the DIALOG1 File 68 (ENVIRONMENTAL BIBLIOGRAPHY Environmental Studies
Information Retrieval System in an attempt to find landslide Institute): 33 landslides, 0 mudslide, 0 rockslide, 0 rockfall.
references in engineering and other publications not normally
Included in GEOREF. Of the more than 170 data bases with File 96 (BHRA FLUID ENGINEERING British Hydromechanics
75,000,000 records available in DIALOG (Including GEOREF), we Research Association): 27 landslides, 2 mudslides, 16 mudflows and
queried the files indicated on Table 2. slumping, 2 mass wasting, 37 slope failures.
Query of the DIALOG System, performed by Oacquelyn Freeberg, File 165 (E1 ENGINEERING MEETINGS Engineering Information.
U.S. Geological Survey, requires considerable knowledge of the Inc.): 46 landslides, 5 mudslides, 8 rockslides, 3 mudflows, 16
characteristics of each file and the peculiarities of the system. mass movement, 3 mass wasting.
For example, a query of the number of landslide references in the
U.S. may show no references whereas a query of landslides in File 211 (NEWSEARCH Information Access Corp): 0 landslide in
California may show many references. This is because the person U.S., 4 landslides 1n California, 0 mudslide, 1 rockslide, 0
preparing the Index for the data file did not find the key words rockfall.
"United States" and "landslides" in the title or abstract whereas
many references had the words "California" and "landslide." File 411 (DIALINDEX1 DIALOG Information Service, Inc.): 52
landslides, 0 slope stability, 0 mudslide, 0 rockslide, 0 mudflow,
Another difficulty in using any data base 1s that words Hke 0 debris flow.
"landslide" and "mass movement" are used to describe political
victories and population migrations, whereas "slump" can describe
the economy. If a sampling of a data base indicated that most of COMPLETENESS OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY
the references were not likely to pertain to geology, or 1f the
references were likely to be already in our file, the data base was Landslide bibliographies prepared by 4 state geological
not printed (See Table 2). surveys provided an opportunity to evaluate the completeness of our
bibliography. Three of the state surveys (Washington, Oregon and
The staff at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Utah) prepared the bibliographies at our request under contract
Experiment Station library, Vicksburg, requested in the spring of with the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Montana Bureau of Mines
1983 a summary of all reports listed in the Defense Technical and Geology independently prepared the bibliography as part of a
Information Center by the following key words: flow slide, flow substantial new program to identify landslide hazards in their
slides, mud flow, mud flows, bank erosion, bank erosions, erosion, state. An early draft of our bibliography was provided to each
erosions, stream erosion, stream erosions, earth slide, earth state before they prepared their bibliography, whereas the
slides, landslide, landslides, rockslide, rockslides. These data completed state bibliography was not received or consulted until
were made available to us; about 250 new references were obtained our work had been completed. After Table 3 was prepared,
from this search. references 1n the state bibliographies missing from our list were
added to make our bibliography as complete as possible. The
bibliography prepared by the Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
does not list 82 reports or maps published after 1980, so this
number was subtracted from the number of missing references in
order to make the comparisons in Table 3 more meaningful.
The use of trade names 1s for identification purposes only and does not
constitute an endorsement by the Geological Survey.
Table 3 contains several surprises, foremost of which 1s the ORGANIZATION OF THE REFERENCES
large number of references that are not common to the state and
federal bibliographies. An average of 45 percent of references 1n Each state 1s divided into two files. Landslide maps and
bibliographies prepared by state geological surveys is missing from reports has references directly related to landsliding, plus
our bibliography and 53 percent of our references are nrisslng from reports containing major sections on landsliding. Haps and reports
the state bibliographies. Of the 247 references nrisslng from the that mention landslides incidentally has naterTal of limited
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries bibliography, landslide information, a large percentage of which are geologic
145 or 59 percent were published and unpublished maps and reports maps that show landslides or landslide deposits as map units.
prepared by the U.S. Forest Service, a source of landslide Geologic hazards reports and engineering studies make up most of
Information not traditionally consulted by most geologists. Of the the remainder.
186 reports not listed 1n the Washington Division of Geology and
Earth Resources bibliography, more than one-half are newspaper ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
clippings and articles in Engineering News Record and trade
journals, again, non-traditional and difficult to locate sources So many people helped us prepare this bibliography that the
for landslide Information. The high percentage of U.S. Geological temptation is considerable not to mention them indivdually. To a
Survey maps and open-file reports missing from the Montana and Utah large extent, however, the names of these individuals represent a
bibliographies reflects both the difficulty that librarians have substantial portion of people other than consultants who are
keeping track of open-file reports, and the need to scan every map concerned with landslide research and the application of landslide
and report of the general geology of an area to locate those that knowledge 1n the United States. Inasmuch as two of the goals of
contain references to landslides. our work are to raise the awareness about the extent of the
landslide problem and an assessment of the manpower available to
University theses and publications, and reports and maps cope with this problem, we gladly make their names available and
prepared by state geological surveys and other state agencies acknowledge our gratitude to them.
dominate references nrisslng from our bibliography. The ability of
state geological surveys to locate more theses and state reports on Engineers and geolgists in state departments of transportation
landslides is not surprising. More disturbing 1s the significant who provided information for our bibliography are listed in Table
number (121) of U.S. Geological Survey maps and reports missing. 4. Most of these individuals are located in the materials section
When viewed 1n the context of more than 10,000 published maps and at each state capitol. University professors and a few consulting
reports and more than 15,000 open-file reports examined, however, geologists who kindly provided references and/or reviewed our
the number missing is less than 1 percent of the total. bibliography for the state(s) for which they have expertise are
Table 4
Engineers and geologists in state departments
of transportation who provided information
about landslides in their state
Alabama Indiana Nevada South Dakota
Frank C. Holman Henry H. Gray Burt K. Replogle Vernon L. Bump
Larry U. Lockett William J. Sislliano Leroy B. Foster
New Hampshire Jim D. Hammell
Alaska Iowa Richard M. Lane Phlllip D. L1del
John E. Fritz Kermit L. Dirk Frederic E. Prior
William H. Slater Lee Hansen Tennessee
ArLizeownias E. Scott KanGsleansn Miller NeHwC ahrJeoesrltsdee ry K .J . ApAgnadrre s JHDaaamvreridys HLL... MARyoocoyorsectk e r
Arkansas LRaiwcrhaerndc e L.A . McRRocekyenroslds Olof. H. Jansson William D. Trolinger
William V. Bush New Mexico Texas
Jake E. Clements, Jr. Kentucky Warren T. Bennett Harold Albers
M. Clavin Peevy Everett Gray
John E. Betts
Charles E. Venable Henry A. Mathls New York Robert E. Long
William E. Munson Clayton L. Bolton Robert L. McKinney
California Richard H. Burns Milton Watklns
Albert T. Boost Louisiana Edward A. Fernau James E. Williams
Jay Fisher Leonard H. Gull beau Verne C. McGuffey Robert L. Yielding
Jesus Garcia AH S. Kemahli
Heniz Heckeroth William C. Sharp North Carolina Utah
David G. Heyes William D. Bingham Keith D. Powell
Dewey W. Knittel Maine F. Russel Glass, Jr. Loren H. Rausher
Stan Lesneski Guy L. Baker Charles A. Slagle Heber A. VI am
Marvln L. McCauley Me! vin W. Morgan Leonard S. Wiener
Stan R. Roe
TRRhaooybmmeaorsnt d SFA.m . iYthWe aingteorn MaWMryailtlahlineawdm RB. . KGarlbe ene NoDPratahvt er DicEak.k oLCtae. ftMwiitczhe l VeGDFrmroraeonngnakgtl d JPC.. . LBaBanrtoczwhane lder-Adams
A David Martin
Colorado Ohio
John B. Gilmore Massachusetts David E. Melick Virginia
George S. Meadows, Jr.
Francis N. Hoi den Kenneth M. Miller
Connecticut Richard P. lerardi David F. Noble
Leon M. Alford Joseph L. Stefaniak Oklahoma
Rino VitaH Curtls J. Hayes WaJsohhinn gKto. n Klasell
Delaware MiKcheingta nA. Allemeier James B. Nevels Tom V. Zimmerman
Alfred D. Donofrlo, Jr. Oregon West Virginia
Georgia MiGnneeosrgoeta R. Cochran Edgar L. Johnson Barney C. Stinnett
David A. Mltchell G. Rudy Ford Pennsylvania Berke L. Thompson
Tom W. Stapler Virgil V. Mikkelsen Donald L. Keller Wisconsin
Hawaii Mississippi Puerto Rico Richard F. Robinson
WHeanlrtye r H.A . UeKhuarroalwa Wendel T. Ruff Charles B. Cover Wyoming
Frank P. Morgando
Idaho MiWssiolluiarmi L. Trimm RhoCdoel inI slFarnadn co William F. Sherman
TM Buu Robert L. Fruggiero
Charles B. Humprey Montana
E. Kenneth Montgomery Joseph E. Armstrong South Carolina
Earle W. Mayberry Preston E. Bradham
Illinois Richard L. Steward
Alan G. Goodfield Nebraska Alan Zupas
Albert R. Kennedy
Table 5
University professors and other geologists and engineers
who provided landslide information or a review of landslide
literature in the states Indicated
Alabama New York
Raymond K. Moore, Auburn University Sam Clemence, Syracuse University
Robert J. Watters, University of Nevada A. R. Eschner, State University of New York
William H. Renwick, Rutgers University
Alaska
Paul W. Adams, Oregon State University North Carolina
Ralph C. Scott, Towson University
Arizona
Peter W. Hunton, University of Wyoming Ohio
Troy L. Pewe, Arizona State University Charles H. Carter, University of Akron
Richard A. Young, State University of Naw York K. R. Everett, Ohio State University
Stanley P. Fisher, Ohio University
California Jerry E. Green, Miami University
James R. Duncan, University of California John F. Hall, Case Western Reserve University
Gary B. Griggs, University of California Syed E. Hasan, University of Missouri
David Huntley, San Diego State University James W. Johns, City of Cincinnati
John W. James, University of Nevada Carry D. MctCenzie, Ohio State University
Harvey M. Kelsey, California State University Abdul Shakoor, Kent State University
Hans P. Nielsen, University California
William H. Renwick, Rutgers University Oklahoma
Thomas 1C. Rockwell, San Diego State University David R. Butler, Oklahoma State University
Bing C. Yen, California State University Leon R. L. Wang, University of Oklahoma
Colorado
William H. Hoyt, University of Northern Colorado Oregon
Robert J. Walters, University of Nevada Paul W. Adams, Oregon State University
Matthew J. Brunengo, University of Washington
Connecticut Richard A. Marston, University of Texas
Donald W. Groff, Western Connecticut State University Martin E. Ross, Northeastern University
Richard P. Long, University of Connecticut Lloyd W. Staples, University of Oregon
Georgi a Pennsyl vania
Donald J. Bogucki, State University of New York Reginald P. Briggs, Geomega, Inc.
Ralph C. Scott, Towson State University Norman K. Flint, University of Pittsburg
Richard E. Gray, 6AI Consultants, Inc.
Idaho Jerry E. Green, Miami University, DH
David R. Butler, Oklahoma State University James E. Hamel, Hamel Geotechnical Consultants
Jerry D. Higgins, Washington State University Vernon A. Mast, Oklahoma State University
Terry R. Howard, University of Idaho
James 1C. Mltchell, Rutgers University Puerto Rico
Reginald P. Briggs, Geomega, Inc.
Illinois Alejandro Soto, University of Puerto Rico
Charles L. Bartholomew, Bradley University
South Dakota
Indiana Perry H. Rahn, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Charles W. Lowell, Purdue University
Tennesee
Iowa Donald J. Bogucki, State University of New York
Alan J. Lutteneggar, Clarkson College of Technology Ralph C. Scott, Townson State University
Kansas Texas
William E. Powell, Pittsburg State University Richard A. Marston, University of Texas
Gary Robbins, Texas ASM University
Kentucky Warren K. Wray, Texas Tech University
Stanley P. Fisher, Ohio University
D. Joseph Hagerty, University of Louisville USA whole
James K. Mitchell, Rutgers University
Maine
J. Steven Rite, West Virginia University Utah
Dale V. Stevens, Brigham Young University
Michigan
Donald H. Gray, University of Michigan Virginia
David F. Noble, Virginia Highway and Transportation Research
Missouri Council
Sam Clemence, Syracuse University R. Janardhanam, University of North Carolina
Syed E. Hasan, University of Missouri Ralph C. Scott, Towson State University
Montana Washington
David R. Butler, Oklahoma State University Matthew J. Brunengo, University of Washington
Jerry D. Higgins, Washington State University
Nevada William H. Hoyt, University of Northern Colorado
John W. James, University of Nevada
Robert J. Watters, University of Nevada West Virglna
Stanley P. Fisher, Ohio University
New Jersey J. Steven Kite, West Virginia University
James K. Mitchell, Rutgers University
Williams H. Renwick, Rutgers University Wisconsin
D. C. Multhauf, University of Wisconsin
New Mexico
Robert W. Blair, Fort Lewis College Wyomi ng
Larry G. Clark, Howard Donley Associates, Inc.
Ronald W. Marrs, University of Wyoming
listed 1n Table 5. The addresses, topics of Interest and geolgists curtail the number of references in his book, so he welcomed the
who kindly provided references and/or reviewed our bibliography for opportunity nearly 50 years later to have these references appear
the state(s) for which they have expertise are listed in Table 5. in our bibliography. Moreover, his newspaper and trade journal
The addresses, topics of Interest and geographic distribution of clippings collected over 50 years provided valuable references to
all the professors 1s Included 1n a report by Brabb and Fitzsimmons landslides in many states.
(1984).
Finally, we would like to acknowledge and thank those who
Geologists and engineers 1n state geological surveys who helped in compiling the bibliography and entering references Into
provided landslide information and/or reviewed our bibliography for our word-processing system. Lorraine Hollis is responsible for
their state are listed in Table 6. Theodore Smith, California searching through thousands of U.S. Geological Survey maps and
Division of Mines and Geology was especially helpful. Individuals reports and several other serials and entering many references into
1n Federal agencies who contributed are listed in Table 7; of the system. Stacey Moore, Betty Harrod, and Timothy Best performed
these, Robert L. Schuster, Fred A. Taylor, John S. Pomeroy, Donald library research and assisted in compiling references, aruJ Mary
R. Nichols, and Dorothy Radbruch-Hal 1 made the most significant Milan supplied her expertise and knowledge of the NBI1 word
contributions. processor in solving problems and entering data. Nancy Blair,
Jacquelyn Freeberg, and William Sanders, all of the U.S. Geological
A special note of thanks 1s extended to C. F. S. Sharpe of Survey library in Menlo Park, provided patient, invaluable guidance
Falls Church, Virginia, whose classic 1938 book on landslides 1s in our search for new and obscure references.
still widely quoted around the world. Dr. Sharpe was forced to
Table 6
Geologists and engineers in state geological surveys who
provided information about landslides 1n their state
Alabama Indiana Montana Puerto Rico
Charles W. Cope!and, Jr. Robert F. Blakely Mervin J. Bartholomew Ramon M. Alonso
Thornton L. Neathery Henry H. Gray Robert N. Bergantino Boris L. Oxman
Karen F. Rheams Robert H. Shaver Sidney L. Groff
W. Everett Smith Marvin R. Miller South Carolina
Iowa Paul G. Nystrom, Jr.
Alaska George R. Hallberg Nebraska Norman K. Olson
Rodney A. Combellick Timothy J. Kemrnis Duane A. Eversoll
Cathernie A. Ulery James B. Swlnehart South Dakota
Randall G. Updike Kansas Robert A. Schoon
Frank W. Wilson Nevada Merlin J. Tipton
Arizona John W. Bell
Susan M. DuBois Kentucky Tennessee
Larry D. Fellows Donald C. Haney New Hampshire Robert A. Miller
Bruce J. Murphy John D. Kiefer Robert I. Davis
H. Wesley Pierce Martin C. Knoger Texas
New Jersey L. Frank Brown
Arkansas Louisiana David P. Harper Thomas C. Gustavson
William V. Bush Whitney J. Autin E. G. B. Wermund
Norman F. Williams New Mexico Charles M. Woodruff
Maine Gary D. Johnpeer
California Woodrow B. Thompson John W. Hawley Utah
Allan G. Barrows Frank S. Kottlowskl Genevieve Atwood
Trinda Bedrossian Maryland David W. Love Bruce N. Kaliser
Cliffton H. Gray Emery T. Cleaves Robert H. Weber Don R. Mabey
Theodore C. Smith Kenneth N. Weaver
Robert H. Sydnor New York Vermont
Massachusetts Robert H. Fickies Charles A. Ratte
Colorado Joseph A. Sinnott Theodore J. Robak
William P. Rogers Virginia
John W. Rold Michigan North Carolina James F. Conley
James M. Soule Tyrone J. Black Carl E. Merschat Thomas M. Gathright II
Julia E. Turney Martin R. Jannereth Robert C. Milici
Michael J. Scieszka North Dakota Eugene K. Rader
Delaware Chris A. Shafer John P. Bluemle Harry W. Webb, Jr.
Thomas E. Pickett Dorothy M. Ski 11 ings Gerald H. Groenewold
Ronald D. Webster Don L. Halvorson Washington
Georgia Edward C. Murphy Raymond Lasmanis
Mary Lynne Pate Minnesota Gerald W. Thorsen
William M. Steele Howard C. Hobbs Ohio
Matt S. Walton Horace R. Cullins West Virginia
Hawaii Michael C. Hansen Peter Lessing " ~
Eugene M. Grabbe Mississippi Robert G. Van Horn
Alvin R. Bicker, Jr. Wisconsin
Idaho Michael B. E. Bograd Oklahoma M. E. Ostrom
Roy M. Breckenridge Curtis W. Stover Kenneth S. Johnson
Kurt L. Othberg Wyomi ng
Missouri Oregon James C. Case
Illinois David Hoffman John D. Beaulieu William B. Murray
Paul B. DuMontelle Gary St. Ivany Kathryn L. Piwoschuk
Jennifer K. Hines Jerry D. Vineyard Pennsylvania
Myrna M. Killey J. Hadley Williams Helen L. Delano
Arthur A. Socolow
J. Peter Wilshusen