A 36Cl age determination for Mystery Creek rock avalanche and its implications in the context of hazard assessment, British Columbia, Canada

Landslides

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 407-416

  Blais Stevens, Andrée ^a   Hermanns, Reginald L ^b   Jermyn, Courtney ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Landslide hazard; Mystery Creek rock avalanche

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGY; HAZARDS; LANDSLIDES; MAPPING; ROCK BURSTS; TECTONICS;

ACTIVE TECTONIC SETTINGS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA; LANDSLIDE HAZARD; ROCK AVALANCHE; SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING;

ROCKS;

AGE DETERMINATION; CHLORINE ISOTOPE; DEBRIS FLOW; DIORITE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; LANDSLIDE; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCKFALL; SLOPE ANGLE; TECTONIC SETTING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; HORSESHOE BAY; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 85027944473     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-011-0261-0     Document Type: Article

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