A reassessment of transport mechanisms of some rock avalanches in the Mackenzie Mountains, Yukon and Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Geotechnical Journal
• Main Authors: Kaiser, P. K., Simmons, J. V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1990
• Subjects: Civil and Structural Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology; Yukon; Northwest Territories; Canada; Avalanche Lake; glacier*; Mackenzie mountains
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t90-012; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/t90-012

The transport mechanism of some rock avalanches of the Mackenzie Mountains in the Yukon and Northwest Territories of Canada is reassessed on the basis of evidence collected during fieldwork and by comparison with results from numerical simulations of the debris flow mechanism. A new hypothesis of gl...