LANDSLIDE INVENTORY:
Field investigations and compilation of landslide inventory map followed the procedures outlined in " Landslides Investigations and Mitigation, Special Report 247, National Academy Press, Washington" edited by A. K Turner and R.L. Schuster (1996, Part 2: investigations).
The procedure comprised the following steps:
(i) Stereoscopic interpretation of vertical aerial photographs (1961 Series, scale 1:50K and 1991-92 Series, scale 1:15K, Survey Department, Jamaica),
(ii) Recognition of anomalous topographic features indicative of landslide landforms on aerial photographs and topographic maps (Jamaica Survey Department Sheets 13 and 18, scale 1:50K, Metric Edition),
(iii) Compilation of landslide data from previous investigations including information provided by Mines and Geology Division (Section 2.3),
(iv) Field verification of the above data , - and
(v) Compilation of the landslide inventory map and digitization of data.

Landslides were subdivided into the groups, each identified by a unique mapping symbol following the methodology of Weiczorek (1988).
We use the term "scarp" to indicate the entire source area of a landslide, not just the headscarp, which is the more typical meaning. Thus, our label "Scarp" is synonymous with the entire landslide feature, its source area including the scar and the landslide deposit.