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Author : Geertsema, M.; and Clague, J.J.
Date : 2011.
Title : Pipeline routing in landslide-prone terrain.
Publication : Innovation
Issue : 15(4):
Page(s) : 17-21.
Abstract
BC is strategically located as a conduit between oil and gas fields to its north and east and markets in the USA and Asia. One of the greatest challenges to route planning is locating and planning a safe route in landslide prone terrain – and BC has much of it. The problem with landslides is that they are highly variable. They can occur in a variety of materials, move at a wide range of velocities, move in different ways and have multiple causes and triggers. Even the simplest landslides are difficult to predict. It is important for risk modelling to know when and where a landslide might happen, how big it might be, how far it might travel, and how deep it might scour. We offer practical suggestions to reducing landslide risk to pipelines using a three-pronged approach involving recognizing, characterizing and mitigating the landslide hazard.
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