Web Directory

» Debris Flows, Mudflows, Jökulhlaups and Lahars
   Information provided by the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory on these phenomena with descriptions of events at Mount Hood, Mount Rainier, Mount St Helens and the Nevado del Ruiz Volcano, Colombia.
   http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Lahars/description_lahars.html

» Geologic Hazards--Landslides (USGS)
   Extensive information on landslides and their impacts, U.S. Landslide Monitoring Program, publications, current news and events, and current research.
   http://landslides.usgs.gov/

» Geomorphology Research Group at CNR IRPI
   Team of geologists, engineers and physicists interested in landslides, landslide hazards and the definition of the associated risk.
   http://palpatine.irpi.cnr.it/Geomorphology

» Haneberg Geoscience
   Consulting services in engineering geology, hydrogeology, and applied geomechanics. Research abstracts on landslides and related geologic hazards. Port Orchard, Washington.
   http://www.haneberg.com/

» HazardWatch
   The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences in New Zealand provides a week-by-week listing of hazardous events, including landslides, in that geologically active country.
   http://www.gns.cri.nz/hazardwatch/latest/

» International Landslide Centre
   Home of the International Landslide Centre at University of Durham, a research centre dedicated to assisting less developed countries deal with landslide problems through research, training programmes and disaster assistance.
   http://www.landslidecentre.org

» International Landslide Research Group
   The ILG is an informal group of landslide practitioners who share landslide information. Provides information about landslides worldwide, a newsletter, and meetings of landslide practitioners.
   http://ilrg.gndci.cnr.it/

» Kelso, WA landslide
   Site describing the second largest urban landslide in US history. Papers, photos, links, and a discussion group.
   http://www.nwgeoscience.com/kelso/

» Landslide Distribution Map Web Page
   Japanese database of landslides, allowing the user to produce maps of landslide distributions to their own criteria. In Japanese and English.
   http://lsweb1.ess.bosai.go.jp/en/

» Landslides and Avalanches
   Descriptive directory of some online resources, maintained by the University of Colorado.
   http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/resources/web/landslides_avalanches.html

» Mount St. Helens, Washington: Mudflows and Lahar Images 1980-2004
   Cascade Volcano Observatory photograph archive.
   http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/Images/mudflow_images.html

» Mt. St. Helens Dam Holds Mud off Cities
   Article from Around the Nation warning of the possible dangers to cities downstream from the mountain.
   http://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/18/us/around-the-nation-mt-st-helens-dam-holds-mud-off-cities-us-says.html

» National Landslides Information Center
   USGS Landslide Hazards Program, responsible for reporting and researching landslides and landslide hazards.
   http://landslides.usgs.gov/nlic/

» Potential San Francisco Bay Landslides During El Niño
   Maps and fly-by movies available.
   http://elnino.usgs.gov/landslides-sfbay/

» Puget Sound Landslides
   Photographs and detailed descriptions of several areas prone to landslides.
   http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/landslides/show/show.html

» Pyroclastic Flow
   Article from Wikipedia on this fast-moving torrent of hot gas and rock which can travel down the slopes of a volcano at great speed.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyroclastic_flow

» SHALSTAB - A Digital Terrain Model for Mapping Shallow Landslide Potential
   Technical report on, and free download of, a very simple model for mapping shallow landslide potential.
   http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~geomorph/shalstab/index.htm

» SLEWS: Sensorbased Landslide Early Warning System
   Project aimed at the development of a prototype alarm- and early warning system to address different kinds of natural hazards, using landslides as an example.
   http://www.slews.de

» Volcanology
   Photographs and information on debris avalanches, mudflows, ash deposits and pyroclastic flows.
   http://www.geo.umass.edu/courses/volcanology/St%20Helens.pdf

» When Rivers of Rock Flow
   Article from the Earth Observatory about the rivers of rock and water that overwhelmed a village on the slopes of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1994.
   http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Lahars/