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Landslides & Slope Instability


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Subsidence & Collapse Hazard


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Seismic Hazard


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Flood Hazard


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Tsunami Hazard


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Volcanic Hazard


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Gas Hazard


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Fault Reactivation Hazard


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Landslide & Slope Instability Geohazards: Classification Schemes - Varnes

Varnes, D. J. 1978. Slope movement types and processes. In: Special Report 176: Landslides: Analysis and Control (Eds: Schuster, R. L. & Krizek, R. J.). Transportation and Road Research Board, National Academy of Science, Washington D. C., 11-33.

Types of landslides. Abbreviated version of Varnes’ classification of slope movements (Varnes, 1978).

Download table in printable format http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2004/3072/pdf/fs2004-3072.pdf

 


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