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Author : Bovis, M.J. and Evans, S.G.
Date : 1995
Title : Rock slope movements along the Mount Currie "fault scarp", southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia. Canadian
Publication : Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Issue : 32(12)
Page(s) : 2015-2020
Abstract
The site displays linear trenches, antislope scarps, and tension cracks typical of mountain ridges undergoing slow deformation; however, the most prominent linear scarp on the ridge has been previously interpreted as a fault scarp. Kinematic tests on rock discontinuities demonstrate the feasibility of both toppling and plane sliding at this site. Ground-motion vectors based on a four year, laser electronic distance measurement (EDM) record of slope movements are generally compatible with the results of the kinematic tests. These results cast doubt on a strictly seismic interpretation of the Mount Currie scarp.
Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology