The 6 August 2010 Mount Meager rock slide-debris flow, Coast Mountains, British Columbia: characteristics, dynamics, and implications for hazard and risk assessment

A large rock avalanche occurred at 03:27:30 PDT, 6 August 2010, in the Mount Meager Volcanic Complex southwest British Columbia. The landslide initiated as a rock slide in Pleistocene rhyodacitic volcanic rock with the collapse of the secondary peak of Mount Meager. The detached rock mass impacted t...

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Main Authors: R. H. Guthrie, P. Friele, K. Allstadt, N. Roberts, S. G. Evans, K. B. Delaney, D. Roche, J. J. Clague, M. Jakob
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-05-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/12/1277/2012/nhess-12-1277-2012.pdf