25 years of movement monitoring on South Peak, Turtle Mountain: Understanding the hazard

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 256-269

  Froese, Corey R ^a   Moreno, Francisco ^a   Jaboyedoff, Michel ^b   Cruden, David M ^c  

^a ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital elevation model (dem); Geological structure; Light detection and ranging (lidar); Monitoring; Turtle mountain

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; DEEP FRACTURES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM); GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GROUND POINT; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR); MONITORING POINTS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; MOVEMENT PATTERN; OVERALL RATE; PATTERNS OF MOTION; ROCK AVALANCHE; TURTLE MOUNTAIN;

DEFORMATION; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAPHY; RANGE FINDING; SURVEYING;

MONITORING;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DEFORMATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GROUND MOVEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; ROCK AVALANCHE;

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

TESTUDINES;

EID: 67649170497     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T08-121     Document Type: Article

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