| Title | Surficial geology and monitoring of the Ripley Slide, near Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Huntley, D H ;
Bobrowsky, P T |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7531, 2014, 21 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/293453  Open Access |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | British Columbia |
| NTS | 92I/11 |
| Area | Ashcroft; Thompson River |
| Lat/Long WENS | -121.3333 -121.2500 50.7500 50.6167 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; engineering geology; geophysics; Health and Safety; landslides; landslide deposits; slope deposits; slope failures; slope stability; slope stability analyses; remote
sensing; satellite imagery; geophysical surveys; Ripley Slide; InSAR |
| Illustrations | location maps; photographs; cross-sections |
| Program | Public Safety
Geoscience Marine Geohazards |
| Released | 2014 01 23 |
| Abstract | New geoscience information is presented that will help reduce the economic, environmental, health and public safety risks that landslides pose to the national railways operating through part of Canada's
western Cordillera. Knowledge of the nature and stratigraphic relationships of surficial earth materials leads to a better understanding of some controls on mass wasting near Ashcroft, British Columbia, and in particular at the Ripley Slide: an
active, slow-moving translational failure situated along a critical section of the national transportation corridor. This work compliments and will help guide other aspects of a multi-year international investigation of this landslide. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This Open File report complements and will guide other aspects of a multi-year investigation of an active landslide in south-central British Columbia.
This landslide and many others in the Thompson and Fraser river valleys are costly hazards to transportation infrastructure and the natural environment. The new geological information presented here will help reduce the economic, environmental,
health and public safety risks that landslides pose to the national railways operating through western Canada. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 293453 |
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