Exhaustion and steady state models for predicting landslide hazards in the Canadian Rocky Mountains

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  • The temporal distribution of landslides can be evaluated by steady-state and exhaustion models. The probability of landsliding remains constant through time in the steady-state model but the probability decreases in the exhaustion model as more slopes fail. Rock sliding down bedding surfaces on over-dip slopes exhausts hazardous sites to leave stable dipslope landforms in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The distribution of rock slides in this area can be better explained by the exhaustion model than by the steady-state model.

  • Date created
    1993
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    Article (Published)
  • DOI
    https://doi.org/10.7939/R30V89T7C
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    © 1993 Elsevier. This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Geomorphology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Geomorphology, [VOL 8, ISSUE 4, (1993)] Doi: 10.1016/0169-555X(93)90024-V.
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    • Cruden, D.M., and Hu, X.Q. (1993). Exhaustion and steady state models for predicting landslide hazards in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Geomorphology, 8(4), 279-285. Doi: 10.1016/0169-555X(93)90024-V.