EOSC 114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Shear Strength, North American Cordillera, Frank Slide
9 Jun 2015
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Tsunami waves travel at a specific fixed rate, so people could predict when they will come, and then people can estimate when the earthquake occurred. Any evidence of industrial growth can effect your decision (ex. don"t buy it if they built a swimming pool on top) Any records of past landslides or disasters geologic structure in the area (if rock structure more perpendicular the cliff is more stable) Landslide or mass movement? landslide mass movement mass wasting. Frank slide, alberta: occurred april 29, 1903. biggest landslide disaster in canada. Turtle mountain (with coal mining town at the base) was known to first nations people as mountain that walks - it had a history! Human and economic impacts of landslides are broadly governed by population density cost of infrastructure population preparedness. Landslides fatalities are as near as ~7500 lives a year more infrastructure = higher economic impact. We want to own property that doesn"t get destroyed (14582$)
