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David K. Keefer
Researcher at United States Geological Survey
Publications - 52
Citations - 6569
David K. Keefer is an academic researcher from United States Geological Survey. The author has contributed to research in topics: Landslide & Rockfall. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 52 publications receiving 5869 citations.
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Landslides caused by earthquakes
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the characteristics, geologic environments, and hazards of landslides caused by seismic events and found that the maximum area likely to be affected by landslides in a seismic event increases from approximately 0 at M ≅ 4.0 to 500,000 km2 at M = 9.2.
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Investigating landslides caused by earthquakes: A historical review
TL;DR: The first formal, scientific post-earthquake investigation that included systematic documentation of the landslides was undertaken in the Calabria region of Italy after the 1783 earthquake swarm.
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Real-Time Landslide Warning During Heavy Rainfall
David K. Keefer,Raymond C. Wilson,Robert K. Mark,Earl E. Brabb,William M. Brown,Stephen D. Ellen,Edwin L. Harp,Gerald F. Wieczorek,Christopher S. Alger,Robert S. Zatkin +9 more
TL;DR: Although analysis after the storms suggests that modifications and additional development are needed, the system successfully predicted the times of major landslide events and could be used as a prototype for systems in other landslide-prone regions.
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The importance of earthquake-induced landslides to long-term slope erosion and slope-failure hazards in seismically active regions
TL;DR: In this article, a linear regression relation between landslide volume, V, and seismic moment, M 0/1018, where V is measured in m3 and M 0 is in dyn-cm, is used to determine the amount of earthquake-generated landsliding over time, combined with data on seismic-moment release for a particular region, which may be derived from either earthquake-history or fault-slip data.
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Statistical analysis of an earthquake-induced landslide distribution — the 1989 Loma Prieta, California event
TL;DR: The 1989 Loma Prieta, California earthquake (moment magnitude, M=6.9) generated landslides throughout an area of about 15,000 km2 in central California as mentioned in this paper.