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Author : Eyles, N.; and Clague, J.J.
Date : 1987
Title : Landsliding caused by Pleistocene glacial lake ponding - an example from central British Columbia
Publication : Canadian Geotechnical Journal
Issue : 24(4):
Page(s) : 656-663
Abstract
Sections cut through the Quaternary sediment fill of the Fraser River valley in Central British Columbia provide evidence for large-scale landsliding during Pleistocene time. Especially notable are thick, laterally extensive diamict beds, consisting mainly of Tertiary rock debris, that occur near the base of glaciolacustrine sequences. These beds were deposited by subaqueous debris flows during one or more periods of lake ponding when advancing Pleistocene glaciers blocked the ancestral Fraser River. The association of diamict beds and glaciolacustrine sediments deposited during periods of glacier advance may indicate a genetic link between slope failure and lake filling.
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