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USGS CMG InfoBank Geology School: construction Skip navigational links Search InfoBank     Dictionaries: Our Mapping Systems   The USGS and Science Education   USGS Fact Sheets   Topics   Keywords   Data Dictionary   Metadata Dictionary   Computer Terminology   Digital Formats InfoBank Terms: Activity ID   activity overview   crew   formal metadata   lines   metadata   NGDC   port stops   project/theme   region   ship   stations   time   virtual globe   year   Data Types: bathymetry   geodetic positioning   gravity   ground penetrating radar   imagery   LIDAR   magnetics   metering equipment   navigation   samples   seismic   definitions disclaimer   Data Formats: ARC coverage   E00   FGDC metadata   gridded/image   imaging   material   scattered/swath   Shapefile   vector/polygon       Title Comment Keywords Mass Wasting 30 minutes / n.a. "mass wasting", "geologic hazard", landslide, construction, slope, slump, creep, movement, mitigation, mudflow, mountain, water, soil Slopes 03:25 - 04:13 (00:48) / 1.1 MB "mass wasting", slope, construction, "glacial valley", riverbank, shore, wave, cliff, human Causes of Mass Wasting 04:13 - 05:01 (00:48) / 0.9 MB construction, road, building, slope, water, soil, rock, pore space, "surface tension", "mass wasting", stability, over-steepening Identifying Potential Problems 09:24 - 09:55 (00:31) / 0.5 MB "mass wasting", building, construction, mountain, coast, "geologic hazard" Ancient Landslide 10:27 - 11:12 (00:45) / 0.6 MB "Perry Ehlig", "mass wasting", landslide, "Portuguese Bend", "Palos Verdes Peninsula", road, construction, fill, slope, base, movement, "geologic hazard" Living With the Slide 11:12 - 11:59 (00:47) / 1.1 MB "mass wasting", landslide, "Portuguese Bend", "Palos Verdes Peninsula", base, construction, "geologic hazard" Leveling Houses 11:59 - 13:10 (01:11) / 1.7 MB "Steve Mirich", "geologic hazard", landslide, "Portuguese Bend", "Palos Verdes Peninsula", "mass wasting", construction, mitigation Construction Awareness 19:18 - 19:39 (00:21) / 0.6 MB "mass wasting", construction, "geologic hazard" Geologic Site Investigation 19:39 - 20:52 (01:13) / 1.5 MB "Ann Meeker", "Schaeffer Dixon and Associates", "mass wasting", geology, construction, map, landslide, outcrop, bedding, dip, structure, fault, creep, slump, stability Evidence of Mass Wasting 20:52 - 21:38 (00:46) / 1.1 MB "Ann Meeker", "mass wasting", creep, slump, downslope, depression, mitigation, construction Possible Landslide 21:38 - 22:57 (01:19) / 1.7 MB "Ann Meeker", "mass wasting", landslide, creep, slump, mitigation, building, construction, drilling, geologist, structure, soil, sampling, "grain size", moisture, color, slope, fill, engineering Final Report 22:57 - 24:28 (01:31) / 1.8 MB "Ann Meeker", "mass wasting", landslide, mitigation, construction, "core sample", data, drilling, map, "cross section", engineering, stability, slope, drainage, vegetation Geologic Hazard 08:54 - 09:55 (01:01) / 1.4 MB "Douglas M. Morton", "Ann Meeker", foliation, dam, road, engineering, "metamorphic rock", "sedimentary rock", landslide, structure, construction, orientation, "geologic hazard" Geology School Keywords Skip footer navigational links InfoBank   Menlo Park & Santa Cruz Centers   St. Petersburg Center   Woods Hole Center   Coastal and Marine Geology Program   Geologic Information   Ask-A-Geologist   USGS Disclaimer

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