BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CARIBBEAN LANDSLIDES





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DeGraff, J. F., 1987, Geologic reconnaisance of the 1986 landslide activity in Good Hope, D' Leau Gommier, and Belvue Slopes, Commonmwealth of Dominica, West Indies: Washington D. C., Organization of American States.

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DeGraff, J.V., 1988, Landslide Hazards on St. Vincent, West Indies: Washington D. C, Organization of American States.

DeGraff, Jerome. V.,1998, Landslides in St. Lucia, in: David Barker, Carol Newby, and Mike Morrissey, (eds.), A reader in: Caribbean Geography, Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston, Jamaica, pp. 25-29.

DeGraff, Jerome. V., Bryce, R., Jibson, R. W., Mora, S., and Rogers, C. T., 1989, Landslides: Their extent and significance in the Caribbean, in: Brabb and Harrod (eds.), Landslides: Extent and economic significance: Balkema, Rotterdam., p.51-80

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Hartford, D., Mehigan, P.J., 1984, Rain -induced slope failures in theCommonwealth of Dominica, West Indies: Vth International Symposium on Landslides, vol.3, p.87-89.

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Larsen, M. C., 1989, Use of seismic refraction techniques for investigating the morphology of recent landslides in a tropical rain forest in Puerto Rico: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 21, No.3 , p. 46 abstract no.012279.

Larsen, M.C., Torres-Sanchez, A.J., 1990, Rainfall-soil moisture relations in landslide-prone areas of a tropical rain forest, Puerto Rico, in: J. Krishna, J. H., Quinones-Aponte, Vincente, Gomez-Gomez, Fernando and Morris, G. l., eds., Tropical hydrology and Caribbean water Resources: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tropical Hydrology and 4th Caribbean Islands Water Resources Congress, p. 121-130.

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Monroe, W.H., 1964,The Karst landforms of Puerto Rico: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper.

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