Structural analysis of Turtle Mountain (Alberta) using digital elevation model: Toward a progressive failure

Geomorphology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-16

  Jaboyedoff, Michel ^a,b   Couture, Réjean ^c   Locat, Pascal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Quanterra   (Switzerland)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

DEM; Frank Slide; Pre failure mechanism; Rockslide; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FAILURE MECHANISM; LANDSLIDE; MOUNTAIN; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE FAILURE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; TURTLE MOUNTAIN;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 55949092277     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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