Active Earth: Rain-induced Landslides in the Canadian Cordillera, July 1988

• Main Authors: Evans, S. G., Clague, J. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Association of Canada 1989
• Subjects: Yukon; The Sentinel; Liard; Kluane Lake; Slims River; Rancheria; Sentinel Range; Nahanni Butte; Muncho Lake; Liard River; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/3623

Rain-induced landslides are a major geological hazard in the Canadian Cordillera that impact directly on the economic infrastructure of the region. In July 1988, heavy rains triggered debris flows and related sediment-water flow processes which severed the Alaska Highway in three areas: Muncho Lake,...