Geologic framework of large historic landslides in Thompson River Valley, British Columbia

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 201-212

  Clague, John J ^a   Evans, Stephen G ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ashcroft; British Columbia; Landslides; Quaternary; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; LANDSLIDE; QUATERNARY; SILTY CLAY; TRIGGER MECHANISM; VALLEY FILL;

CANADA;

EID: 0141940205     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/9.3.201     Document Type: Article

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