Rimforest Landslides, San Bernardino Mountains, Southern California

<p>The highly visible erosional scars near the crest of the San Bernardino Mountains just east of Strawberry Peak near the community of Rimforest are active landslides. From at least the 1920's to 1988 the primary activity has been mass wasting by rockfall in highly fractured quartz monzonite. Tension cracks in the adjacent area indicate that active landsliding may be spreading. Landsliding in this area had its origin most likely with the uplift of the San Bernardino Mountains and has continued with periods of active movement associated with heavy precipitation and seismic activity separated by long periods of dormancy. The geomorphology of the area suggests that the currently active landsliding may be only a small part of a large ancient landslide.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Geology

Year

1988

Author dc:creator

• Hanson, David L.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lanny H. Fisk
• Knut A. Andersson
• H. Paul Buchheim

• Geology
• Landslides -- California -- San Bernardino Mountains

Statement dc:rights

• This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/1107

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-1574