Structural analysis of Turtle Mountain: Origin and influence of fractures in the development of rock slope failures

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 351, Issue , 2011, Pages 163-183

  Pedrazzini, Andrea ^a   Jaboyedoff, Michel ^a   Froese, Corey R ^b   Langenberg, C Willem ^c   Moreno, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Energy Resources Conservation Board   (Canada)

^c Long Mountain Research Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FAILURE MECHANISM; FOLD; FRACTURE NETWORK; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; TURTLE MOUNTAIN;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 80052824484     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP351.9     Document Type: Article

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