Magnitude and frequency of landslides triggered by a storm event, Loughborough Inlet, British Columbia

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Magnitude and frequency of landslides triggered by a storm event, Loughborough Inlet, British Columbia

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One hundred and one landslides were documented across 370km2 following a rainstorm that swept the British Columbia coastline on 18 November 2001. Despite the regional nature of the storm, the landslides were spaced close together, even within the study area. Landslide clustering is attributed to high intensity storm cells too small to be recorded by the general hydrometric network. The evidence nicely corroborates previous historical studies that reached similar conclusions, but against which...

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2004-01-01

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R. H. Guthrie / S. G. Evans

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Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

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http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/4/475/2004/nhess-4-475-2004.pdf

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Environmental technology / Sanitary engineering / Geography / Anthropology / Recreation / Environmental sciences / Geology

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