Landslide Photo Collections

Searchable USGS Photo and Multimedia Archive with Ordering Information

  • Gap between chimney (in place) and displaced house is about 1.5 m.
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  • Upper part of landslide scar exposed stratified fine sand and silt.
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  • Upper part of landslide scar exposed stratified fine sand and silt.
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  • Lower part of scar exposed stratified silt, sand and gravel.
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  • View of deposit, looking east, the house in the upper left corner of photograph was pushed off its foundation.
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  • View of slide above roadway, looking east; slide debris is the light brown material above the road cut. Small rapid earth flows form at the base of the slide and flow down the cut slope (dark brown).
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  • Basal contact of landslide debris (light brown) and underlying deposits (dark brown). A 20-30 cm thick layer of silty clay intercepts water percolating through the landslide and diverts it to the slope face.
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