The 1939 Montagneuse River landslide, Alberta

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 799-810

  Cruden, D M ^a   Lu, Z Y ^b   Thomson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Bio Geo Dynamics Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clay; Interior Plains; Landslide; Landslide dam; Peace River

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CLAY DEPOSITS; RIVERS;

LANDSLIDE DAMS;

LANDSLIDES;

EROSION; LANDSLIDE DAM; RESERVOIR;

CANADA, ALBERTA, MONTAGNEUSE RIVER;

EID: 0031252166     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t97-035     Document Type: Article

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