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Impacts of landslides on an ecosystem

Elliot, W.J.; Koler, T.E.; Cloyd, J.C.; Philbin, M. 1995. Impacts of Landslides on an Ecosystem. Presented at the 1994 ASAE International Winter Meeting sponsored by ASAE, Atlanta Hilton and Towers, Atlanta, Georgia, December 13-16, 1994.

Keywords: Ecosystem impacts, Sedimentation, landslide hazard

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Abstract: A large debris flow was studied. The probable cause was the failure of a logging road. Most of the sediment was deposited at the toe of the flow, or in the channel below the flow. Mitigation has been instigated to reduce the impacts of the flow. The failure was predictable.

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