Landslide Hazards along the Provincial Highways in Saskatchewan

Hung Vu

In the proceedings of: GeoVancouver 2016: 69th Canadian Geotechnical Conference

Session: GEOHAZARDS - I Climate Change Floods & Landslides

ABSTRACT: Landslide activities in southern Saskatchewan have resulted in significant amount of infrastructure damage in recent years. The majority of highway landslide hazard areas in southern Saskatchewan are located along the slopes of riverbanks and riverbank erosion continues to be active. This paper provides general descriptions, causes and effects and associated risk of several landslides at various highway locations in southern Saskatchewan.

RÉSUMÉ: Les activités de glissement de terrain dans le sud de la Saskatchewan ont donné lieu à un significatif nombre de dommages matériels à un risque de glissements de terrain sont situés au long des pentes des berges et murs des vallées comme la vallée de la rivière Qu'Appelle où des grands glissements de terrain ont eu lieu dans le passé érosion continue. Ce document fournit des descriptions générales, les causes et les effets, et les risques associés avec les glissements de terrains dans le sud de la Saskatchewan.

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Hung Vu (2016) Landslide Hazards along the Provincial Highways in Saskatchewan in GEO2016. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.

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