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105

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190

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103

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193

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207

Empirical estimation of the retrogression and the runout distance of sensitive clay flowslides
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166

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140

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303

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186

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149

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183

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152

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196

Multi-level avalanche risk reduction on the Trans-Canada Highway – Three Valley Gap RACS
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104

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110

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117

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119

Rocking shallow foundations in earthquake zone: field snap-back testing in cohesive soil
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124

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130

Preliminary results of the back-analysis of 24 rock avalanche case histories
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131

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134

Landslide Risk Management for the Construction and Operation of the Upper Lillooet River Hydroelectric Facility near Pemberton, BC
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136

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137

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150

A review of runout analysis models for tailings dam breach
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155

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157

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161

Performance of Computational Fluid Dynamics and Finite Element Methods for Modeling Downslope Displacement of Failed Soil from Submarine Landslides
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170

Ground thermal profile and frost depth in the vicinity of through-grade culverts
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171

Automated sight distance evaluation based on airborne topographical data for risk management along a linear infrastructure
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174

A Study on the Improvement of Response Spectrum Analysis of Pile-supported Wharf with Dynamic Centrifuge Model Test
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178

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191

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194

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205

Comparison between three rock slope hazard assessment methodologies based on the Åknes case study from Norway
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218

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220

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141

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116

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206

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180

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108

Landslide mapping from structure-from-motion analysis of photos acquired by a drone
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106

Explicit estimation of rock slope failure likelihood for hazard assessment and safety engineering near Canmore, AB
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147

Towards a design concept for rockfall attenuator systems
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144

New empirical-statistical tools for the analysis of rock avalanche runout
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151

The Use of Multi-Scale Dimensionality Analysis for the Characterization of Debris Distribution Patterns
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114

Case Study of the 1982 Rapid Reactivation of the Goddard Landslide along the Canadian Pacific Railway near Ashcroft, British Columbia
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192

Reservoir Shorelines – An Update on Geomorphic Processes and Hazard Assessment Methodology
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305

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185

Challenges in the Selection and Scaling of Records for Seismic Analyses: A Geotechnical Engineer’s Perspective
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167

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198

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122

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129

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176

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159

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173

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