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The 2005 La Conchita, California, landslide

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Acknowledgments

James O’Tousa of RJR Engineering provided access to the site and shared his considerable knowledge of the 1995 and 2005 landslides. Robert Anderson of RJR Engineering also provided many valuable observations about the two landslide events. Edwin Harp and Robert Schuster of the U.S. Geological Survey reviewed this paper

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Jibson, R.W. The 2005 La Conchita, California, landslide. Landslides 3, 73–78 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-005-0011-2

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