Dating Historic Activity at Oso Site Shows Recurring Major Landslides

Wednesday, December 23, 2015 - 15:55 in Earth & Climate

The large, fast-moving mudslide that buried much of Oso, Washington in March 2014 was the deadliest landslide in U.S. history. University of Washington geologists analyzed woody debris buried in earlier slides and used radiocarbon dating to map the history of activity at the site.

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