Geomorphology and engineering geology of a landslide in ultramafic rocks, Dawson City, Yukon

• Published in: Engineering Geology
• Main Authors: Brideau, M, Stead, D, Roots, C, Orwin, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2007
• Subjects: Dawson City; Yukon; Dawson
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/12616; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2006.10.004

The Dawson City Landslide is located at the northern edge of Dawson City, Yukon and took place prior to 1740 years B.P. The landslide occurred at the contact between the metasedimentary rocks of the Yukon–Tanana Terrane and the overlying altered ultramafic rocks of the Slide Mountain Terrane. The ma...