Water Stewardship Information Sources
| ID | 767 |
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| Citation | Grainger, B. n.d. Terrain stability field assessments in "Gentle over Steep" terrain of the southern interior of British Columbia. DEGIFS. |
| Organization | DEGIFS |
| URL | http://www.degifs.com/pdf/GoS0404.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords | This paper discusses the terrain, hydrologic and forest development factors that should be investigated as part of any Terrain Stability Field Assessment where there is the potential for the particular class of slope failures associated with forest industry practices known as ﾓgentle-over-steepﾔ (GoS) landslides. In the Southern Interior of British Columbia in the last several years there has been an increasing awareness that the majority of significant landslides related to forest industry practices in this region have been GoS type landslides. GoS landslides in the Shuswap and Okanagan Highlands have been responsible for the evacuation of residents, property damage and litigation (Anderson, et. al., 1997; Dobson Engineering Ltd. 1997), and loss of life (Schwab et. al., 1990). |
| Information Type | article |
| Regional Watershed | Okanagan; Thompson; Shuswap; Nicola; Similkameen |
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| Project status | complete |
| Contact Name | Bill Grainger |
| Contact Email | [email protected] |