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GEOMORPHIC SETTING: Steep hillside with colluvium-filled bedrock hollow (see Fig. 1). These hollows are a fairly common geomorphic feature of the coast ranges in California. The hollows can become saturated during storm events thereby causing pore water pressures to rise and triggering slope failures and debris flows.
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Helpful information about this project was provided by Alan Kropp, of Alan Kropp and Associates, who directed this project. His assistance is greatly appreciated and acknowledged.
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Goldsmith, W., Gray, D., McCullah, J. (2014). Project #16: Pacifica. In: Bioengineering Case Studies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7996-3_17
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