File:Vargas landslide scars 1999.jpg
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English: (taken verbatim from USGS caption): Coalescing shallow landslides initiated on steep hillsides in soils developed over bedrock of Tacagua Formation. Shallow slides initiated on concave or planar slopes coalesced with other slides as they traveled into channels. Transmission tower, 30 m high, (upper right) for scale. |
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| Source | United States Geological Survey Open File Report 01-0144. Plate 1 from "Debris-flow and flooding hazards associated with the December 1999 storm in coastal Venezuela and strategies for mitigation": http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/ofr-01-0144/, Figure 7: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/ofr-01-0144/Venezuela/image015.jpg |
| Author | Wieczorek, G.F., Larsen, M.C., Eaton, L.S., Morgan, B.A. and Blair, J. L. |
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