Structure and components for the emergency response and warning system on Turtle Mountain, Alberta, Canada

Natural Hazards

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1689-1712

  Froese, Corey R ^a   Moreno, Francisco ^a  

^a Energy Resources Conservation Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early warning; Emergency response; Landslide; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LANDSLIDE; MONITORING SYSTEM; ROCK AVALANCHE; SLOPE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; TURTLE MOUNTAIN;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 84892986153     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9714-y     Document Type: Article

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