Downie Slide, British Columbia, Canada

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Hutchinson, D. J.
  • Diederichs, M. S.
  • Moore, D.
  • Kalenchuk, K. S.

• The Downie Slide case history demonstrates the importance of detailed site investigation and long-term monitoring, as well as the need for reinterpretation of the local geologic, structural, and groundwater conditions, and reassessment of slope stability as new information becomes available. Forty-five years of inves- tigation, monitoring, and assessment have been carried out at Downie Slide. The long history of studies, coupled with recent technological advances in analytical tools, has enabled us to better understand the behavior of large complex landslides.

• Date created

  2012

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Cenozoic
  • Downie Creek
  • Mass Movements
  • Landslides
  • Quaternary
  • Western Canada
  • British Columbia
  • Columbia River
  • Nagle Mountain
  • Canada

• Type of Item

  Chapter

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3PR7N82Q

• License

  This material has been published in Landslides: Types, mechanisms and modelling edited by J.J. Clauge & D. Stead. This version is free to view and download for personal use only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © Cambridge University Press 2012.