ABSTRACT
Geological hazards associated with coastal bluff landslides are well known (Emery & Kuhn 1982), although in some areas this risk has yet to be quantified and fully understood in terms of the failure mechanics and the prediction of future failures. This has been the case for landslides occurring in young marine terrace deposits composed of weakly lithified sands in numerous settings due in large part, to difficulties in characterizing the failure modes in these materials and in establishing adequate models for slope stability analysis.
