| Title | Surficial geology and landslide inventory in Douglas Channel fjord, northwest British Columbia |
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| Author | Blais-Stevens, A ;
Maynard, D; Weiland, I; Geertsema, M; Behnia, P |
| Source | GeoVancouver Conference 2016: Canadian Geotechnical Society proceedings; 2016 p. 1-7 |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Alt Series | Earth Sciences Sector, Contribution Series 20160139 |
| Publisher | Canadian Geotechnical Society |
| Meeting | GeoVancouver Conference 2016: Canadian Geotechnical Society; Vancouver, BC; CA; October 2-5, 2016 |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | digital; on-line |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | British Columbia; Western offshore region |
| Area | Douglas Channel; Kitimat; Kitimaat Village; Hartley Bay; Hawkesbury Island; Gribbell Island; Mount Jenkinson |
| Lat/Long WENS | -129.3000 -128.5000 54.1333 53.2167 |
| Subjects | marine geology; surficial geology/geomorphology; geophysics; Nature and Environment; Science and Technology; Health and Safety; Transport; landslides; debris flows; fiords; coastal environment; slope
stability analyses; slope failures; remote sensing; photogrammetric surveys; airphoto interpretation; field work; geophysical surveys; modelling; sediment transport; deformation; Infrastructures; Classification; sediment transport
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| Illustrations | location maps; geoscientific sketch maps; tables; photographs |
| Program | Public Safety
Geoscience Marine Geohazards |
| Released | 2016 10 01 |
| Abstract | Douglas Channel is a 100-km long fjord located in northwest British Columbia with the town of Kitimat and Kitimaat village located at its head. The Geological Survey of Canada, as part of Natural
Resources Canada's Public Safety Geoscience Program, provides baseline geoscience information to help inform stakeholders and decision-makers. The main objective is to map the surficial geology and occurrence of landslides along the bordering slopes
of the fjord. The mapping to identify the types of landslides and substrate on which they were triggered was carried out mainly by stereoscopic interpretation of medium-scale aerial photographs, augmented with some pre-existing field observations.
LiDAR surveys also helped fine-tune interpretation in some of the areas. In addition, terrain stability assessment using the standardized method developed for the BC forest industry was carried out. This baseline geoscience information is the first
step in developing landslide susceptibility modelling for the fjord. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
A proceedings paper for the GeoVancouver conference led by the Canadian Geotechnical Society (Oct. 2016) highlighting preliminary results on landslide
inventory and susceptibility mapping along Douglas Channel, a 100 km fjord located west if Kitimat, British Columbia. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 299110 |
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