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National Landslide Information Center

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata:

Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Unknown

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: National Landslide Information Center

Edition:

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Series_Information:

Series_Name:
Issue_Identification:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place:
Publisher: USGS, DOI

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://landslides.usgs.gov/

Description:

Abstract:: The National Landslide Information Center (NLIC) maintains a computerized bibliography of more than 10,000 landslide maps and reports, file copies of more than 6,000 maps and reports, and files of uncataloged landslide photographs, newspaper clippings, and legislative information. The NLIC houses information on Worldwide Landslide Dams data and a World Landslide Inventory as well as maintaining a listing containing the names and addresses of over 1,000 landslide researchers and landslide data users.
Purpose:: Not Available
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Brown, W.M., III, 1992, The National Landslide Information Center -- Data to reduce landslide damage, in Earthquakes and Volcanoes: U.S. Geological Survey, v. 23, no. 2, p. 52-57. Brown, W.M., III, Cruden, D.W., and Denison, J.S., 1992, The directory of the World Landslide Inventory: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 92-427, 216 p. plus appendix, 19 p. Cruden, D.M., and Brown, W.M. III, 1992, Progress towards the World Landslide Inventory in Bell, D.H., ed., Landslides (Clissements de Terrain), International Symposium on Landslides, 6th. Christchurch, New Zealand, 1992. Proceedings: A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Brookfield, Vermont, v. 1, p. 59-64.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 18800101
Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > NATURAL HAZARDS > EARTHQUAKES
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > DEGRADATION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > EROSION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > LANDSLIDES
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > EROSION/SEDIMENTATION > SEDIMENTATION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > TERRAIN ELEVATION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > EARTHQUAKES > EARTHQUAKE OCCURRENCES
Theme_Keyword: Aedd
Theme_Keyword: Aerial Photography
Theme_Keyword: Arctic
Theme_Keyword: Catastrophic Phenomena
Theme_Keyword: Clay
Theme_Keyword: Earthquake
Theme_Keyword: Earth_crust_usgs_landslide1
Theme_Keyword: Eros
Theme_Keyword: Field Geology
Theme_Keyword: Field Maps
Theme_Keyword: Geology
Theme_Keyword: Gravity
Theme_Keyword: Hazard
Theme_Keyword: Land
Theme_Keyword: Landforms
Theme_Keyword: Landslide
Theme_Keyword: Landslides
Theme_Keyword: Maps/charts
Theme_Keyword: Nlic
Theme_Keyword: Photography
Theme_Keyword: Sedimentology
Theme_Keyword: Seismology
Theme_Keyword: Soils
Theme_Keyword: Terrain
Theme_Keyword: Usgs
Theme_Keyword: Usgs/edc
Theme_Keyword: Usgs/gd/denver
Theme_Keyword: ELEVATION
Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT
Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

Not Available

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: WILLIAM MADISON BROWN III

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Address: GEOLOGIC HAZARDS TEAM
Address: 966 FEDERAL CENTER
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225-0046
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-273-8605

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-273-8600

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: wbrown@gldvxa.cr.usgs.gov

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: Not Available

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Not Available
Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: DOI/USGS/GD/LHP/NLIC > National Landslide Information Center, Landslides Hazards Program, Geological Division, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior
Contact_Person: JILL R. MCCARTHY

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Address: GEOLOGIC HAZARDS TEAM
Address: P.O. Box 25046
Address: 966 FEDERAL CENTER
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225-0046
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-273-8579

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-273-8583

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jmccarthy@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: USGS_NLIC > LANDSLIDE INFORMATION-NATIONAL LANDSLIDE INFORMATION CENTER

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Not Available

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://landslides.usgs.gov/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://landslides.usgs.gov/

Access_Instructions:

Landslides Hazards Program

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date:

Metadata_Review_Date: 20090121

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Information Systems Management
Address: U.S. Geological Survey
Address: EROS Data Center
Address: 47914 252nd Street
City: Sioux Falls
State_or_Province: SD
Postal_Code: 57198-0001
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605-594-6594

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605-594-6589

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: custserv@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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