1975 Devastation Glacier landslide explained

The 1975 Devastation Glacier landslide was a massive rock avalanche that originated from Devastation Glacier on the southern flank of the Mount Meager massif on July 22, 1975.[1] It had a volume of and buried and killed a group of four geologists at the confluence of Devastation Creek and Meager Creek.[2] [3]

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50.58°N -123.52°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Landslide: Devastator Glacier BC, Jul 22 1975. Natural Resources Canada. 2009-12-01. 2011-08-15.
  2. Web site: Where do landslides occur? . . 2010-03-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100818050404/http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/SurficialGeologyandHazards/Landslides/Pages/Wheredolandslidesoccur.aspx . 2010-08-18 .
  3. Simpson. K.A.. Stasiuk. M.. Shimamura. K.. Clague. J.J.. Friele. P.. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. Evidence for catastrophic volcanic debris flows in Pemberton Valley, British Columbia. NRC Research Press. 688. 43. 2006. 0008-4077. 10.1139/e06-026.

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