Water Stewardship Information Sources
| Resource Name | An overview of recent large catastrophic landslides in northern British Columbia, Canada |
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| Unique File Number | 13 |
| Information Type | applied research |
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| Management for Natural & Industrial Hazards | A |
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| Outstanding Research Questions | role of climate change in increasing frequency of large landslide events |
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| Information Subtype | landslides |
| Organization | BC Ministry of Forests and Range |
| Resource Name | Geertsema, M et al. 2006. An overview of recent large catastrophic landslides in northern British Columbia, Canada. Engineering Geology 83: 120-143 |
| Resource Purpose | At least thirty-eight, large, catastrophic landslides, each either larger than 0.5Mm3 or longer than 1 km, have occurred in northern British Columbia in the last three decades. The landslides include low-gradient flowslides in cohesive sediments, long-runout rock slides (rock avalanches), and complex rock slide-flows. The flowslides have occurred in a variety of sediments, including glaciolacustrine silt, clay-rich till, and clay-rich colluvium. The rock failures have happened in weak shale overlain by sandstone and volcanic rocks. The frequency of large landslides in northern British Columbia appears to be increasing, suggesting a link to climate change. |
| Type of Information | article |
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| Program Status | complete |
| NE Coverage | Northern BC specific |
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| Public Safety | Y |
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| Link | http://www.researchgate.net/publication/222530759_An_overview_of_recent_large_catastrophic_landslides_in_northern_British_Columbia_Canada/file/d912f50a9e80ce6f9e.pdf |
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| Contact Email | [email protected] |