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Author : Eisbacher, G.H.
Date : 1979.
Title : Cliff collapse and rock avalanches (struzstroms) in the Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern Canada
Publication : Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Issue : 16:
Page(s) : 309-334.



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Abstract

Some of the rock slides are close to a Holocene fault scarp and may be due to past earthquake activity. At several localities at least two generations of slide material can be recognized. All major sturzstroms originated by failure above inclined bedding plane surfaces, ranging in dip from 13-40 deg. .Prediction of reach or excessive travel distance of dry sturzstroms is not a simple matter and one has to consider the effect of slide mass, fall height, topographic constraints, and lithology. The best method of predicting reach in a potential sturzstrom situation is comparison with documented surzstroms in similar geologic, climatic, and topographic settings. | Discussion by Luis E. Vallegjo, with Eisbacher's reply, in idem, vol.17,no.1, 1980, p.149-52.

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Bibliography of Canadian Geomorphology