• 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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