Recent Publications
This list features recent Landslide Program publications, searchable by Landslide Program authors. Open File Reports and and Non-USGS publications are listed for the last 5 years only.
For a more comprehensive, searchable list of publications, please see theLandslide Bibliographic Search. (please note, this page is under construction)
- (2008) Baum, R. L., Galloway, D. L., and Harp, E. L., in, Landslide and land subsidence hazards to pipelines , USGS Open-file report 2008-1164, also: in, Landslide Investigation Methods, Chapter 3, p. 107-192, Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline Research Council International, and DGH Consulting Inc.
- (2008) Baum, R. L., Savage, W. Z. , and Godt, J. W., TRIGRS - A Fortran program for transient rainfall infiltration and grid-based regional slope-stability analysis, Version 2.0, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1159, 81.
- (2006) By Chleborad, A. F. Baum, R. L. , and Godt, J. W., Rainfall thresholds for forecasting landslides in the Seattle, Washington, area - exceedance and probability, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1064, 35 p.
- (2005) Baum, R. L. , McKenna, J. P. , Godt, J. W. , Harp, E. L., and McMullen, S. R. (Shannon and Wilson, Inc.), Hydrologic monitoring of landslide-prone coastal bluffs near Edmonds and Everett, Washington, 2001-2004., U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1063, 42 p.
- (2007) Baum, R., Harp, E., and Highland, L., Landslide hazards in the Seattle, Washington, Area, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2007-3005.
- Map Showing Recent and Historic Landslide Activity, on Coastal Bluffs of Puget Sound Between Shilshole Bay and Everett, Washington (posted 11/22/2000)
- (2009) Paper (PDF) (1.0 MB), Coe, Jeffrey A., Jonathan P. McKenna, Jonathan W. Godt and Rex L. Baum, 2009, Basal-topographic control of stationary ponds on a continuously moving landslide, 2009, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms vol. 34, pp. 264–279, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- (2009) Godt, J.W., Baum, R.L., and Lu, N., 2009, Landsliding in partially saturated materials: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 36.
- (2008) Reid, M.E., Baum, R.L., LaHusen, R.G., and Ellis, W.L., 2008, Capturing landslide dynamics and hydrologic triggers using near-real-time monitoring, in, Chen, Z. Zhang, J., Li, Z, Wu, F, Ho, K., eds., Landslides and Engineered Slopes, Taylor and Francis Gr, in, Chen, Z. Zhang, J., Li, Z, Wu, F, Ho, K., eds., Landslides and Engineered Slopes, Taylor and Francis Group, London, p. 179-191.
- (2008) Godt, J.W., and McKenna, J.P., 2008, Hydrological response of hillside materials to infiltration: Implications for shallow landsliding in the Seattle are, in, Baum, R.L., Godt, J.W., and Highland, L.M., eds., Landslides and Engineering Geology of the Seattle, Washington, area: Geological Society of America Reviews in Engineering Geology, v. XX, p. 121-135
- (2008) Chleborad, A.F., Baum, R.L., and Godt, J.W., 2008, A prototype system for forecasting landslides in the Seattle, Washington, Area, in Baum, R.L., Godt, J.W., and Highland, L.M., eds., Engineering geology and landslides of the Seattle, Washington, area: Geological Society of America Reviews in Engineering Geology v. XX, p. 103-120, doi: 10.1130/2008.4020(06).
- (2008) Salciarini, D., Godt, J.W., Savage, W.Z., Baum, R.L., and Conversini, P., 2008, Modeling landslide recurrence in Seattle, Washington, USA: Engineering Geology, v. 102, p. 227-237.
- (2008) Godt, J.w., Schulz, W.H., Baum, R.L., and Savage, W.Z., 2008, Modeling rainfall conditions for shallow landsliding in Seattle, Washington, in, Baum, R.L., Godt, J.W., and Highland, L.M., eds., Landslides and Engineering Geology of the Seattle, Washington area: Geological Society of America Reviews in Engineering Geology, v. XX, p. 137-152.
- (2008) Baum, Rex, Godt, Jonathan, and Lynn Highland, eds., 2008, Landslides and Engineering Geology of the Seattle, Washington, area,” Geological Society of America, Reviews in Engineering Geology Series, Vol. XX, 181 pp, 1 plate.
- (2007) Baum, R.L., Lidke, D.J., and Hart, M., 2007, Grand Mesa landslide complex, in, Noe, D.C., and Coe, J.A., eds., Field Trip Guide Books, First North America Landslide Conference: Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists Special Publication 21 and Colorado Geological Survey Special Publication 56.
- (2006) Godt, J.W., Baum, R.L., and Chleborad, A.F., 2006, Rainfall characteristics for shallow landsliding in Seattle, Washington, USA: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 31, p 97-110.
- (2005) Baum, R.L., Savage, W.Z., Coe, J.A., Godt, J.W., Harp, E.L., Schulz, W.H., Reid, M.E., McKenna, J.P., Michael, J.A., and Brien, D.L., 2005, Regional landslide-hazard assessment for Seattle, Washington, USA: Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 7, p. 02190.
- (2005) Baum, R.L., Godt, J.W., Harp, E.L., McKenna, J.P., and McMullen, S.R., 2005, Early Warning of Landslides for Rail Traffic Between Seattle and Everett, Washington, USA in Hungr, O., Fell, R., Couture, R., and Ebdrhardt, E., eds., Landslide Risk Management, Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Landslide Risk Management: New York, A.A. Balkema, p. 731-740.
- (2005) Baum, R.L., Coe, J.A., Godt, J.W., Harp, E.L., Reid, M.E. Savage, W.Z., Schulz, W.H., Brien, D.L., Chleborad, A.F., McKenna, J.P., and Michael, J.A., 2005, Regional Landslide-Hazard Assessment for Seattle, Washington, USA: Landslides, v. 2, no. 4, p. 266-279, DOI: 10.1007/s10346-005-0023-y
- (2005) Savage, W.Z., and Baum, R.L., 2005, Instability of steep slopes, Chapter 4 in Jakob, M. and Hungr, O., Debris Flow and Debris Avalanches-A Practically Oriented Overview of the State of the Art: Chichester, U.K., Praxis Publishing House p. 53-79.
- (2004) Paper (PDF) (2 MB), Coe, J.A., Godt, J.W., Baum, R.L., Bucknam, R.C., and Michael, J.A., 2004, Landslide susceptibility from topography in Guatemala, in Lacerda, W.A., Erlich, M., Fontoura, S.A.B., and Sayao, A.S.F., eds., Landslides-evaluation and stabilization, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Landslides: London, A.A. Balkema Publishers, v. 1, p. 69-78.
- (2004) Savage, W.Z., Godt, J.W., and Baum, R.L., 2004, Modeling time-dependent aerial slope stability, in Lacerda, W.A., Erlich, M., Fontoura, S.A.B., and Sayao, A.S.F., eds., Landslides-evaluation and stabilization, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Landslides: London, A.A. Balkema Publishers, v. 1, p. 23-36.
- (2004) Coe, Jeffrey A., Baum, Rex L., McKenna, Jonathan P., Langard, Sophie, and Bourgine, Agns, 2004, Debris flows initiated by runoff in Cottonwood Canyon, San Isabel National Forest, central Colorado: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Nov. 7-10, Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5.
- (2004) Godt, J.W., Baum, R.L., Savage, W.Z., and Schulz, W.H., 2004, Modeling rainfall conditions for shallow landsliding in Seattle, Washington: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Nov. 7-10, Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5.

