USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington
J.J. Major, Research Hydrologist
Abstracts, Publications, and Reports
- DeNatale, J.S., Iverson, R.M., Major, J.J., LaHusen, R.G., Fiegel, G.L., and Duffy, J.D., 1999,
Experimental Testing of Flexible Barriers for Containment of Debris Flows
-- USGS Open-File Report 99-205, 38 p.
- Gardner, C.A., Scott, W.E., Major, J.J., and Pierson, T.C., 2000,
Mount Hood -- History and Hazards of Oregon's Most Recently Active Volcano
-- U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 060-00
- Major, J.J., 1995,
Experimental Studies of Deposition at a Debris-Flow Flume
-- USGS Fact Sheet 94-028
- Major, J.J., 1997,
Depositional processes in large-scale debris-flow experiments
-- IN: Journal of Geology, v. 105, 345-366
- Major, J.J. 2000,
Gravity-Driven Consolidation of Granular Slurries --
Implications for Debris-Flow Deposition and Deposit
Characteristics
Journal of Sedimentary Research, vol.70, no.1,
January 2000, p.64-83.
- Major, J.J., 2001,
Evolution and timing of suspended-sediment transport
following the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption
-- IN:
Sediment: Monitoring, Modeling, and Managing:
Proceedings of 7th Federal Interagency Sedimentation
Conference, Reno, NV, March 25-29, 2001, p. I-137 to I-144.
- Major, J.J., 2003,
Post-eruption hydrology and sediment transport in volcanic river systems
-- IN: Water Resources IMPACT, v. 5, no. 3, p. 10-15.
- Major, J.J., 2004,
Posteruption suspended sediment transport at Mount St. Helens:
Decadal-scale relationships with landscape adjustments and river
discharges
-- IN: Journal of Geophysical Research (Earth Surface), v. 109, F01002, doi:10.1029/2002JF000010
- Major, J.J., and Iverson, R.M., 1999,
Debris-flow deposition: Effects of pore-fluid pressure and
friction concentrated at flow margins
-- IN: GSA Bulletin, October 1999, v.111, no.10, p.1424-1434
- Major, J.J., Janda, R.J, and Daag, A., 1996,
Watershed disturbance and lahars on the east side of Mount Pinatubo
during the mid-June 1991 eruptions
-- IN: Newhall, C.G., and Punongbayan, R.S., eds.,
Fire and Mud: Eruptions and Lahars of Mount Pinatubo:
Quezon City, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology,
and Seattle, University of Washington Press, p. 895-919
- Major, J.J., and Mark, L.E., 2006,
Peak flow responses to landscape disturbances caused by the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington
IN: Geological Society of America Bulletin, July/August 2006, v.118, no.7/8, p.938-958.
- Major, J.J., Pierson, T.C., Dinehart, R.L., and Costa, J.E., 2000,
Sediment yield following severe volcanic disturbance--
a two decade perspective from Mount St. Helens
-- IN: Geology, v. 28, p. 819-822.
- Major, J.J., and Pringle, P.T., 1997,
Rock Avalanches, Rockfalls, and Associated Processes Induced by
Spreading of the Lava Dome, March 1984
-- IN:
Pierson, T.C., (ed.), 1997,
Hydrologic Consequences of Hot-Rock/Snowpack Interactions
at Mount St. Helens Volcano, Washington, 1982-1984:
USGS Open-File Report 96-179
- Major, J.J., Schilling, S.P., and Pullinger, C.R., 2003,
Volcanic debris flows in developing countries--the extreme need for public education and awareness of debris-flow
hazards
-- IN: Rickenmann, D., and Chen, C.L., eds., Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation--Mechanics, Prediction, and
Assessment, Proceedings of the Third International Conference, Davos, Switzerland, September 10-12, Rotterdam,
MillPress Science Publishers, p. 1185-1196.
- Major, J.J., Schilling, S.P., Pullinger, C.R., Escobar, C.D., Chesner, C.A., and Howell, M.M., 2001,
Lahar-Hazards Zonation for San Miguel Volcano, El Salvador
-- USGS Open-File Report 01-395
- Major, J.J., Schilling, S.P., Pullinger, C.R., Escobar, C.D., and Howell, M.M., 2001,
Volcano-Hazard Zonation for San Vicente Volcano, El Salvador
-- USGS Open-File Report 01-367
- Major, J.J., Schilling, S.P., Sofield, D.J., Escobar, C.D., and Pullinger, C.R., 2001,
Volcano Hazards in the San Salvador Region, El Salvador
-- USGS Open-File Report 01-366
- Major, J.J., and Spicer, K.R., 2003,
Clearing Toutle River sediment issue: an op-ed opinion
-- The Columbian, August 9, 2003
- Scott, W.E., Pierson, T.C., Schilling, S.P., Costa, J.E.,
Gardner, C.A., Vallance, J.W., and Major, J.J., 1997,
Volcano Hazards in the Mount Hood Region, Oregon
-- USGS Open-File Report 97-89
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