Browsing Capstone reports of the Masters in Earth & Space Sciences - Applied Geosciences by Subject "landslides"
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An Analysis of Radiocarbon Sampling Methods on Landslides in the North Fork Stillaguamish River Valley, Washington, USA
(2017-03)Tragedy in the North Fork Stillaguamish (NFS) River valley, Washington, USA has sparked an increase in landslide research in the Pacific Northwest. In 2014, the town of Oso, WA lost 43 lives to the deadliest landslide in ... -
Characterizing the style, composition, and timing of Cedar River Landslide Complex
(2017-03)The Cedar River Landslide Complex (CRLC) is a series of debris flowslides about 3 km down river from the Masonry Dam at Chester Morse Reservoir in the Cedar River Municipal Watershed, the source of drinking water for 1.4 ... -
A comparison of landslide inventories along the shoreline of Steamboat Island Peninsula, Thurston County, WA: office based protocol vs. field based protocol
(2016-06)The mountain ranges and coastlines of Washington State have steep slopes, and they are susceptible to landslides triggered by intense rainstorms, rapid snow melts, earthquakes, and rivers and waves removing slope stability. ... -
A comparison of landslide inventories produced by manual and automated methods on timberlands in the Pacific Northwest
(2017-06)Landslides can threaten the potential value of total production on timberlands either by destroying a present crop or by inhibiting future growth. To mitigate or prevent such loss of value due to landslides, it is essential ... -
Fluvial connectivity of a deep-seated landslide to upstream tree harvests
(2017-03)Channel wall scour may have debuttressed a deep-seated landslide located in a small, mountainous drainage in the Clearwater River Watershed in the western Olympic Mountains, Washington State. Debris flows and high peak ... -
Geology and landslide geomorphology of the Burpee Hills, Skagit County, Washington, USA
(2016-06)Landforms within the Skagit Valley record a complex history of land evolution from Late Pleistocene to the present. Late Pleistocene glacial deposits and subsequent incision by the Skagit River formed the Burpee Hills ... -
I-82 Prosser Landslide Investigation Benton City, WA
(2013-12)The scope of this technical report is to establish the mechanisms by which the eastbound lanes of Interstate 82 at mile post (MP) 91.9 near Benton City continue to deform. Within the Washington State Department of ... -
Landslide Ages and Implications for a Marine Terrace at Rialto Beach, WA
(2020-03)Holocene landslides and marine terraces at Rialto Beach, on the Olympic coast of Washington state, may provide clues about the response of the Pacific coastline and adjacent hillslopes to Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ) ... -
Landslide Hazard Map of Kirkland, WA
(2016-12)Landslides are one of the most significant geohazards in the Puget Sound region and have a history of causing extensive damage to development (Baum, Harp, and Highland, 2007). Mapping landslide hazard areas is imperative ... -
Landslide Hazard Study of Mercer Island, Washington
(2018-06)Landslides are ubiquitous in the Puget Lowland of northwest Washington State for several reasons. These factors include many ìcoarse-over-fineî geologic contacts, steep bluffs and ridges, and a wet climate for much of the ... -
Landslide Susceptibility Assessment: Deep and shallow-seated landslide susceptibility model, Chambers Creek, Pierce County, WA
(2018-12)In wet, glacially overridden regions, landsliding is a common and dangerous natural phenomenon. Thus, attempting to predict these mass wasting events is a vital and useful task. Many landslide models already exist, but the ... -
The Ledgewood-Bonair Landslide toe and where did it go? A case study in littoral sediment budgets from a deep-seated landslide in Island County, Washington
(2016-03)On the morning of March 27th, 2013, a small portion of a much larger landslide complex failed on the western shoreline of central Whidbey Island, Island County, Washington. This landslide, known as the Ledgewood-Bonair ... -
The Lost Lake Landslide: Evidence for an Earthquake-Triggered Landslide Vashon Island, Washington
(2020-03)I address the large-scale stability and potential past and future triggers of the Lost Lake Landslide on Vashon Island, one of the largest mapped landslides in the Puget Lowland. I focus on three landslide triggers; ... -
Shallow Landslide Risk Assessment of the Westerly Bluffs of the 7.5-minute Freeland Quadrangle, Whidbey Island, Washington
(2015-06)Landslides often occur on slopes rendered unstable by underlying geology, geomorphology, hydrology, weather-climate, slope modifications, or deforestation. Unfortunately, humans commonly exacerbate such unstable conditions ... -
Surficial Geology of the Newly Annexed Area of Kirkland, Washington King County, USA
(2017-06)The 2014 Oso landslide brought nationwide attention to the geologic hazards of Washington State, impelling City of Kirkland officials to create a new geologic map of recently annexed areas and update prior 2010 geologic ... -
Using Terrestrial LiDAR to Monitor Erosion within the Gold Basin Landslide Complex, Verlot, WA
(2016-03)In 2014 the United States Forest Service closed the Gold Basin Campground of western Washington in an effort to protect the public from unstable hillslopes directly adjacent to the campground. The Gold Basin Landslide ... -
Vasa Creek Channel Conditions and Slope Stability, Bellevue, Washington
(2013-12)The focus of this report is is the channel conditions at Vasa Creek, Bellevue, Washington, with regard to kokanee habitat and slope stability. This required a geomorphic and geologic assessment of the stream and riparian ...