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The 30 M m<sup>3</sup> rockslide that occurred on the east face of Turtle Mountain in the Crowsnest Pass area (Alberta) in 1903 is one of the most famous landslides in the world. In this paper, the structural features of the South part of Turtle Mountain are ...
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Engineering Geology -
Landslides
Reference:
4th Canadian Conference on Geohazards : From Causes to Management, J. Locat, D. Perret, D. Turmel, D. Demers et S. Leroueil
Jaboyedoff M.
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Oppikofer T.
et al.
In nearly 240 years 53 landslides have occurred along the Quebec City Promontory, causing 88 fatalities mainly by rockfalls. In October 2004 a rockfall reached the road close to the 1889 rockfall event which killed 35 people and injured 30 others. Using a ...
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Rock Mechanics -
Rock Falls
Reference:
4th Canadian Conference on Geohazards : From Causes to Management, J. Locat, D. Perret, D. Turmel, D. Demers et S. Leroueil
The travel angles of landslides are important parameter in risk analyses. Here we examine the first use of the concept in Canada, applied to the Frank slide. We also report on travel angles of an additional 61 long runout landslides in the Canadian Cordillera, ...
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Engineering Geology -
Landslides
Reference:
4th Canadian Conference on Geohazards : From Causes to Management, J. Locat, D. Perret, D. Turmel, D. Demers et S. Leroueil
Sartori M.
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Baillifard F.
et al.
<p>About 22 mio m<sup>3</sup> of rock fell from a cliff near the village of Randa (10 km north of Zermatt, Switzerland) on 18 April 1991. A second retrogressive rockslide of about 7 miom<sup>3</sup> followed on 9 May 1991. At present, a rock mass situated ...
Filed under:
Rock Mechanics -
Rock Slope Stability
Reference:
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (2003) 3: 423–433
