| Title | Landslide Inventory Mapping of the Drift Creek Watershed, Lincoln County, Oregon, Using Lidar Data |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 2015 |
| Authors | Dirringer, Sebastian W. V. |
| Academic Department | Dept. of Geology |
| Degree | M.S. |
| Pagination | 103 p. |
| University | Kent State University |
| City | Kent, Ohio |
| Type of Work | Masters Thesis |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Alsea River, Drift Creek, coastal hazards, geology, paleosciences, sediments, landslides, logging, human impacts, theses |
| Notes | The Oregon Coast Range is known for steep slopes, high levels of precipitation, and a tendency for land to slump and slide. Conventional mapping techniques such as aerial photography or ground mapping are inadequate in this heavily timbered landscape. Thus, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) has proved to be an invaluable tool in mapping the Coast Range. In this rewarding Master’s thesis, the author created a landslide inventory map and a landslide susceptibility map of the Drift Creek watershed, as well as measuring the lengths of streams and roads affected by landslides. He found an incredible 473 landslides in the watershed, of which about half were pre-historic (over 150 years old). Logging roads were major culprits in causing contemporary landslides. “In order to reduce the environmental impacts on water quality, maintenance and construction of roads should be more closely regulated” (p.59) Amazing maps. |
| URL | https://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/assets/4/9042_02102017_105951_Crozier.2016-BIOP-Lit-Rev-Salmon-Climate-Effects-2015.pdf |
