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John E. Costa
Researcher at United States Geological Survey
Publications - 35
Citations - 4770
John E. Costa is an academic researcher from United States Geological Survey. The author has contributed to research in topics: Landslide & Glacier. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 35 publications receiving 4324 citations.
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The formation and failure of natural dams
John E. Costa,Robert L. Schuster +1 more
TL;DR: The most common types of mass movements that form landslide dams are rock and debris avalanches, rock and soil slumps and slides; and mud, debris, and earth flows as discussed by the authors.
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A rheologic classification of subaerial sediment-water flows
Thomas C. Pierson,John E. Costa +1 more
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The formation and failure of natural dams
John E. Costa,Robert L. Schuster +1 more
TL;DR: The most common types of mass movements that form landslide dams are rock and debris avalanches, rock and soil slumps and slides; and mud, debris, and earth flows as discussed by the authors.
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Hydraulics and basin morphometry of the largest flash floods in the conterminous United States
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the maximum rainfall runoff floods measured by indirect methods in small basins (0.39-370 km2) in the conterminous United States and identified twelve floods that were the largest ever measured.