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A web-based GIS for managing and assessing landslide data for the town of Peace River, Canada
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Kim, T. H., Chao, D., Martin, C. D., Froese, C. R., Morgan, A. J., Chowdhury, S., Lan, H. X.
Abstract. Assessment of geological hazards in urban areas must integrate geospatial and temporal data, such as complex geology, highly irregular ground surface, fluctuations in pore-water pressure, surface displacements and environmental factors. Site investigation for geological hazard studies...
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Landslides in weakly cemented glaciolacustrine sediments, Morkill River valley, British Columbia
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Abstract: Slopes in weakly cemented glaciolacustrine sediments in the Morkill River valley in the Canadian Rocky Mountains stand at up to 70 degrees. Based on field and laboratory observations it appears that a contributing factor to instability is the softening of the soils by frost action and...