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Author : Geertsema, M.; and Clague, J.
Date : 2002.
Title : Flowslides and drowned, buried forests at Halden Creek, northeastern British Columbia.
Publication : Terrain Stability and Forest Management in the Interior of British Columbia: Workshop Proceedings. May 23-25, 2001 Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. Edited by: Jordan, P.; and Orban, J. British Columbia Ministry of Forests Forest Sciences. Technical Report
Issue : 003:
Page(s) : 208.
Abstract
Halden Creek has been frequently impounded by flowslides. The landslides are recorded in sedimentary exposures in two ways: 1) Trees died in the resultant temporary lakes and were subsequently partially buried by alluvium. The buried portions of the trees were preserved. Bank erosion exhumed these ancient drowned forests. 2) In some cases multiple organic layers in eroded slide debris record separate flowslide events. Using radiocarbon dates of trees and organic layers, we attempt to reconstruct flowslide history at Halden Creek.
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