TITLE

The Golden bypass landslide, Golden, Colorado

AUTHOR(S)
Highland, Lynn M.; Brown III, William M.
PUB. DATE
January 1993
SOURCE
Earthquakes & Volcanoes;1993, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p4
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Focuses on the permanent solutions to landslide problems posed by the Golden bypass landslide in Golden, Colorado. Setting of the Golden bypass landslide; Descriptions of the idealized slump-earthflow; Characteristics of the Golden bypass landslide area; Preliminary plans of the Colorado Department of Transportation for permanent landslide remediation; Impact of landslide on highway systems.
ACCESSION #
9707062597

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