Geotechnical investigations of an earthquake that triggered disastrous landslides in eastern Canada about 1020 cal BP

Geotechnical investigations of an earthquake that triggered disastrous landslides in eastern Canada about 1020 cal BP

Abstract Geotechnical studies are carried out to investigate the location and magnitude of a prehistoric earthquake in eastern Canada. Previous studies identified 12 sensitive clay landslides of about 1020 cal BP in the Ottawa-Gatineau region, including one of the most disastrous slope failures in e...

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Main Author: Baolin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-06-01
Series:Geoenvironmental Disasters
Subjects:
Prehistoric earthquake
Landslide
Geotechnical investigations
Sensitive clay
Ground-motion
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40677-020-00157-9

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