The Avalanche Lake rock avalanche, Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada: description, dating, and dynamics

• Published in: Canadian Geotechnical Journal
• Main Authors: Evans, S.G., Hungr, O., Enegren, E.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1994
• Subjects: Avalanche Lake; Canada; Northwest Territories; glacier*; Mackenzie mountains
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t94-086; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/t94-086

At Avalanche Lake, located in the Backbone Ranges of the Mackenzie Mountains, about 200 × 10 6 m 3 of massive Devonian carbonate rock slid down remarkably planar bedding surfaces dipping at 30° and created a spectacular runup on the opposite valley side onto a topographic feature called the Shelf. T...