Dynamic analysis of an extraordinarily mobile rock avalanche in the Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Geotechnical Journal
• Main Authors: Aaron, Jordan, Hungr, Oldrich
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2016
• Subjects: Civil and Structural Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology; Northwest Territories; Canada; Avalanche Lake
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2015-0371; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cgj-2015-0371; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cgj-2015-0371

The pre-historic rock avalanche at Avalanche Lake was a spectacularly mobile rock avalanche that resulted in the largest documented runup of any landslide on earth. The runout of the 200 Mm 3 event was a complex and three-dimensional process that created three distinct depositional lobes. There is s...