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ORGANIZING AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

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SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS

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CONFERENCE TIMETABLE

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KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS IN CANADA: AN OVERVIEW

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G.M. Atkinson

IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION IN CANADA

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J.P. Bruce

CHARACTERISING LANDSLIDE RISK IN CANADA

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S.G. Evans

SNOW AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT IN CANADA

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C. Stethem

SESSION 1: SEISMIC HAZARDS

GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF LIQUEFACTION INDUCED GROUND RESPONSE AT THE

MARINA DISTRICT

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T. Elkateb, R. Chalaturnyk and P. K. Robertson

EARTHQUAKE SIGNATURE IN LATE HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS IN SAANICH INLET, BRITISH

COLUMBIA

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A. Blais-Stevens, J.J. Clague and G.C. Rogers

EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED LANDSLIDING EAST OF OTTAWA; A CONTRIBUTION TO THE

OTTAWA VALLEY LANDSLIDE PROJECT

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J.M. Aylsworth and D.E. Lawrence

INFERRING EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE AND EFFECTS FROM GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE

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J.J. Clague

SESSION 2: FLOODING AND NATURAL DAMS

CHRONOLOGICAL RECONSTITUTION OF FLOODS OF THE SAINT FRANCOIS DRAINAGE

BASIN, QUEBEC, CANADA

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D. Saint-Laurent and J-P. Saucet

DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMATED FLOOD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR ALBERTA DAMS

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K. Shook and J. Taggart,

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RECORD OF JOKULHLAUPS AT TULSEQUAH AND SALMON GLACIERS, NORTHWESTERN

BRITISH COLUMBIA

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M. Geertsema and J. J. Clague

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF A BEAVER DAM AT CHUDNUSLIDA LAKE, EAST CENTRAL

BRITISH COLUMBIA

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B. Case, P. Egyir and M. Geertsema

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY CONSIDERATIONS IN EVALUATING FLOOD AND EROSION

CONTROL STRUCTURES

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L. S. Hundal and R. W. Costerton

ON THE HAZARDS TO INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CANADIAN NORTH ASSOCIATED WITH

THAWING OF PERMAFROST

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R. Couture, S. Smith, S.D. Robinson, M.M. Burgess and S. Solomon

GEOTECHNICAL RULE DEVELOPMENT FOR GROUND INSTABILITY ASSESSMENT USING

INTELLIGENT GIS AND NETWORKED MONITORING SENSORS

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D. J. Hutchinson, R. Harrap, M. Diederichs, M. Villeneuve and N. Kjelland

STEWARDING MINE DUMP MASS MOVEMENTS BY REGIONAL LANDSLIDE ANALOGY

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M. Fisher, M. Davies and W.S. Anderson and K.W. Savigny

GAS HYDRATES AND SUBMARINE SLOPE INSTABILITY

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J.L.H. Grozic

GROUNDWATER BLOW-OFF AND PIPING DEBRIS FLOW FAILURES

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D.S. Cavers

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SIMULATION OF ROCK SLOPE FAILURE

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D. Stead, E. Eberhardt and J. Coggan

MULTI-PARAMETER ASSESSMENT OF SLOPE MOVEMENTS IN GLACIOLACUSTRINE

SEDIMENTS, QUESNEL RIVER VALLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

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A.J. Bichler, P.T. Bobrowsky and M.E. Best

THE USE OF SPACEBORNE INSAR TO CHARACTERIZE GROUND MOVEMENTS ALONG A

RAIL CORRIDOR AND OPEN PIT MINE

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K. Kosar, K. Revering, T. Keegan, K. Black and I. Stewart

THE USE OF REPEAT TERRESTRIAL PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE STUDY OF LANDSLIDE

HAZARDS

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K.D. Hincks and D.M. Cruden

QUANTITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS FOR A CUT SLOPE

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H. El-Ramly, N.R. Morgenstern, and D.M. Cruden

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STABILITY OF SLOPES IN THE SOFT, GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSITS OF THE THUNDER

BAY REGION, N.W. ONTARIO

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K.D. Eigenbrod

STYLE AND SEQUENCE OF MOVEMENT OF A LANDSLIDE IN SENSITIVE GLACIOMARINE

CLAYS AT MINK CREEK, NORTHWESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA

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M. Geertsema, D.M. Cruden and J.W. Schwab

THE HARROWBY HILLS SLIDES

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S. Yong, C. D. Martin, D.C. Sego and C. Bunce

THE OTTAWA VALLEY LANDSLIDE PROJECT: A GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOTECHNICAL

INVESTIGATION OF GEOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON LANDSLIDING AND DEFORMATION IN

LEDA CLAY

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J.M. Aylsworth and J.A. Hunter

McCONNELL AND BROCK'S REPORT ON THE GREAT LANDSLIDE AT FRANK, DISTRICT OF

ALBERTA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

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D.M. Cruden and W. Langenberg

SESSION 6: RISK ASSESSMENT AND MITIGATION

THE USE OF FLEXIBLE PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION

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S. Mumma

PROBABILISTIC ROCKFALL HAZARD ASSESSMENT FOR ROADWAYS IN MOUNTAINOUS

TERRAIN

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N.K. Singh and S.G. Vick

A FRAMEWORK FOR MONITORING THE SOUTH PEAK OF TURTLE MOUNTAIN: THE

AFTERMATH OF THE FRANK SLIDE

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R.S. Read

RAILWAY GROUND HAZARD RISK SCENARIO: RIVER EROSION: EARTH-SLIDE

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T. Keegan, B. Abbott, D. Cruden, I. Bruce and M. Pritchard

PROBABILISTIC METHODS FOR QUANTIFICATION AND MAPPING OF GEOHAZARDS

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F. Nadim and S. Lacasse

SESSION 7: SNOW AND ROCK AVALANCHES

A ROCK SLIDE – DEBRIS AVALANACHE OF MAY 1999, NOMASH RIVER VANCOUVER

ISLAND

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R.H. Guthrie, S.G. Evans, O. Hungr

CATASTROPHIC ROCK AVALANCHES, WEST-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA

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J.W. Schwab, M. Geertsema and S.G. Evans

THE 2002 ROCK AVALANCHE AT McAULEY CREEK, NEAR VERNON, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL LANDSLIDE HAZARD ASSESMENT

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ASSESSMENT OF THE FRAGMENTATION ENERGY IN ROCK AVALANCHES

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P. Locat, R. Couture, J. Locat and S. Leroueil

ESTIMATING THE AVERAGE FRICTION COEFFICIENT IN A SIMPLIFIED SNOW AVALANCHE

DYNAMICS MODEL FOR SHORT SLOPES IN CANADA

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A.S.T. Jones and B. Jamieson

A SYSTEM OF ROCK FALL AND ROCK SLIDE HAZARD RATING FOR A RAILWAY

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O. Hungr, L. Fletcher, M. Jakob, C. MacKay and S.G. Evans

DEBRIS FLOW HAZARD AT FIVE MILE CREEK, BANFF, ALBERTA

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S. Cullum-Kenyon, H.K. Heinz, J.C. Sobkowicz, D. VanDine and D. Kerr

SEVERE WEATHER WARNING LEVELS FOR GEOTECHNICAL RAILWAY HAZARDS

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C.M. Bunce, C.H. MacKay and C. D. Martin

VANCOUVER – A CENTURY OF SELF-ORGANIZED RAIN

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N. Skermer, K.W. Olive, T. Barber

DEBRIS FLOWS: BACK ANALYSIS OF TRAVEL DISTANCE AT BLUEBERRY CREEK USING

UBCDFLOW

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A.A. Eliadorani, R. J. Fannin and P. Jordan

EXTENDED ABSTRACTS

BOREHOLE INVESTIGATION OF EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION

AT LEFAIVRE; A CONTRIBUTION TO THE OTTAWA VALLEY LANDSLIDE PROJECT

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J.M. Aylsworth, J.A. Hunter, G.A. Gorrell and R. Good

EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTION RESPONSE STUDIES; A CONTRIBUTION TO THE

OTTAWA VALLEY LANDSLIDE PROJECT

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B. Benjumea, J.A. Hunter, Z. Al yuncha and P. Rosset

ASSESSING LANDSLIDE HAZARDS USING ELECTRICAL AND ELECTROMAGNETIC

METHODS, A CONTRIBUTION TO THE OTTAWA VALLEY LANDSLIDE PROJECT

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H.T. Calvert

COPPER RIVER AND LIMONITE CREEK ROCK AVALANCHES

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D.S. Cavers

SUBSURFACE STRUCTURE OF CO-SEISMIC FLEXURAL-SLIP FAULT SCARPS ALONG THE

CHELUNGPU SURFACE RUPTURE ZONE REVEALED BY HIGH-SOLUTION SEISMIC AND

RADAR REFLECTION PROFILINGS

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LANDSLIDE PROJECT

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M. Douma and J.M. Aylsworth

ESTIMATING THE PROBABILITY OF POST-FOREST DEVELOPMENT LANDSLIDES IN THE

PRINCE GEORGE FOREST REGION

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P.K. Egyir

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AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT LARGE LANDSLIDES IN NORTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA

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M. Geertsema, S.G. Evans, D.M. Cruden, O.Hungr and Z. Lu

GEOLOGIC HAZARD MAP: USE OF THE LITHOLOGIC UNITS MAP AS BASE FOR THEIR

REALIZATION

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M.A. Gonzalez

GEOTECHNICAL IN-SITU MONITORING WITH INTELLIGENT GIS

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R. Harrap, D. J. Hutchinson, C. Sheriff, D. Ball and M. Diederichs

SEISMIC METHODS APPLIED TO PALEO-LANDSLIDE AND DISTURBED GROUND SITES; A

CONTRIBUTION TO THE OTTAWA VALLEY LANDSLIDE PROJECT

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J.A. Hunter, B. Benjumea, R.A. Burns, R.L. Good, M. Douma and H.T. Calvert,

A SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK FOR GIS-BASED NATURAL HAZARD ASSESSMENT

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M. Leir

THE MOSQUE MOUNTAIN ROCKSLIDE, SUSTUT WATERSHED, FORT ST. JAMES, NORTHERN

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

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Z. Lu, T. Rollerson and M. Geertsema

LIQUEFACTION MITIGATION FOR QUISIBIS RIVER BRIDGE, NEW BRUNSWICK

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R.P. McAffee, M.R. Bleakney and A.J. Valsangkar

SLOPE FAILURES IN LATERITE – AN INDIAN EXPERIENCE

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R.Nagarajan

USE OF GRAVITY DRAINAGE AND QUASI-HOMOGENEOUS DYKES FOR CONTAINMENT OF

OIL SAND TAILINGS

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L. Nichols, K. Czajewski and H. Keele

SHEAR BEHAVIOUR OF SATURATED SANDS WITHIN SHEAR ZONE OF RING-SHEAR

TESTS UNDER NATURALLY DRAINED CONDITION

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Y. Okada, K. Sassa and H. Fukuoka

HIGH FALLS LANDSLIDE: A FAILURE IN LOW ACTIVITY CLAYS FROM THE NORTHERN

ONTARIO CLAY BELT

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R.C. Paulen

PRODUCTION OF A DIGITAL LANDSLIDE INVENTORY MAP, PEACE RIVER AREA (NTS 84C)

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R.C. Paulen, J.A. Weiss and M.R. Davies

LANDSLIDES NEAR FORT ST. JOHN, BRITISH COLUMBIA

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J. Severin, O. Hungr, S.G. Evans and J.J. Clague

A SIMPLE MODEL OF A HAZARDOUS LANDSLIDE MODE ON THE INTERIOR PLAINS: THE

SLIDING OF TWO INCLINED BLOCKS

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K.W Soe Moe, D.M Cruden and C.D Martin

PREDICTIONS OF ROCK FALL TRAJECTORIES USING DISCRETE ELEMENT AND LUMPED

MASS MODELLING METHODS

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D. D. Tannant and Caigen Wang

AN INNOVATIVE INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR MONITORING MOVEMENTS OF SLOPES

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J-H. Yin, X-L. Ding and Y-W. Yang

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BOREHOLE INVESTIGATION OF EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION

AT LEFAIVRE; A CONTRIBUTION TO THE OTTAWA VALLEY LANDSLIDE PROJECT

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J.M. Aylsworth, J.A. Hunter, G.A. Gorrell and R. Good

COPPER RIVER AND LIMONITE CREEK ROCK AVALANCHES

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D.S. Cavers

SUBSURFACE STRUCTURE OF CO-SEISMIC FLEXURAL-SLIP FAULT SCARPS ALONG THE

CHELUNGPU SURFACE RUPTURE ZONE REVEALED BY HIGH-SOLUTION SEISMIC AND

RADAR REFLECTION PROFILINGS

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J. Chow, T.-L. Liao, J.-J. Hua and C.-Y. Wang

HIGH RESOLUTION SONAR PROFILING OF EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED FAILURES IN MARINE

CLAY UNDERLYING THE OTTAWA RIVER; A CONTRIBUTION TO THE OTTAWA VALLEY

LANDSLIDE PROJECT

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M. Douma and J.M. Aylsworth

GEOLOGIC HAZARD MAP: USE OF THE LITHOLOGIC UNITS MAP AS BASE FOR THEIR

REALIZATION

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M.A. Gonzalez

A SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK FOR GIS-BASED NATURAL HAZARD ASSESSMENT

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M. Leir

LIQUEFACTION MITIGATION FOR QUISIBIS RIVER BRIDGE, NEW BRUNSWICK

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R.P. McAffee, M.R. Bleakney and A.J. Valsangkar

SHEAR BEHAVIOUR OF SATURATED SANDS WITHIN SHEAR ZONE OF RING-SHEAR

TESTS UNDER NATURALLY DRAINED CONDITION

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Y. Okada, K. Sassa and H. Fukuoka

A SIMPLE MODEL OF A HAZARDOUS LANDSLIDE MODE ON THE INTERIOR PLAINS: THE

SLIDING OF TWO INCLINED BLOCKS

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K.W Soe Moe, D.M Cruden and C.D Martin

PREDICTIONS OF ROCK FALL TRAJECTORIES USING DISCRETE ELEMENT AND LUMPED

MASS MODELLING METHODS

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