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Author : Froese, C.R.; Murray, C.; Cavers, D.S.; Anderson, W.S.; Bidwell, A.K.; Read, R.S.; Cruden, D.M.; and Langenberg, W.
Date : 2005.
Title : Development and implementation of a warning system for the South Peak of Turtle Mountain.
Publication : Landslide Risk Management: Proceedings of the International Conference on Landslide Risk Management, Vancouver. Edited by: Hungr, O.; Fell, R.; Couture, R.; and Eberhardt, E. Leiden: A.A. Balkema.
Issue :
Page(s) : 705-712.
Abstract
Since the original catastrophic slide at Turtle Mountain in 1903 that buried the Town of Frank, killing 70 people, government and public attention has shifted to the potential for a second large failure originating from the South Peak. In 2003, on the centennial of the initial slide, the design, installation and commissioning of a real time monitoring system for the South Peak was launched by the Alberta Provincial Government to provide first and foremost the framework for a real time monitoring system to warn of the development of a second large failure. In addition, the monitoring system will also be an educational tool for the public. This paper outlines the review of recently obtained data from a series of tiltmeters, surface extensometers, prisms and differential GPS, as well as surface and subsurface microseismic instrumentation installed in 2003/2004, coupled with a review of historic monitoring data obtained from the early 1900's to present. Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometery (InSAR) has also been utilized to map deformations over a six-month period in 2004. Included as part of this assessment is an update of the structural geology of the South Peak obtained from a combination of detailed mapping, ground penetrating radar surveys and borehole televiewer data. All this information, coupled with the recent and historical movement data, was utilized to develop preliminary alarm threshold values and alarm and notification protocols to be incorporated into the Emergency Response Planning for the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass
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