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Main Authors: Sturzenegger, Matthieu, Stead, Doug, Gosse, John, Ward, Brent, Froese, Corey
Format: Dataset Open Access
Language:en
Published: PANGAEA 2014
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833893
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author Sturzenegger, Matthieu
Stead, Doug
Gosse, John
Ward, Brent
Froese, Corey
author_facet Sturzenegger, Matthieu
Stead, Doug
Gosse, John
Ward, Brent
Froese, Corey
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents This paper presents the results of a combined study, using cosmogenic 36Cl exposure dating and terrestrial digital photogrammetry, of the Palliser Rockslide located in the southeastern Canadian Rocky Mountains. This site is particularly well-suited to demonstrate how this multi-disciplinary approach can be used to differentiate distinct rocksliding events, estimate their volume, and establish their chronology and recurrence interval. Observations suggest that rocksliding has been ongoing since the late Pleistocene deglaciation. Two major rockslide events have been dated at 10.0 ± 1.2 kyr and 7.7 ± 0.8 kyr before present, with failure volumes of 40 Mm3 and 8 Mm3, respectively. The results have important implications concerning our understanding of the temporal distribution of paraglacial rockslides and rock avalanches; they provide a better understanding of the volumes and failure mechanisms of recurrent failure events; and they represent the first absolute ages of a prehistoric high magnitude event in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
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spellingShingle Palliser Rockslide cosmogenic 36Cl exposure ages (raw data) and erosion effect on the cosmogenic
Sturzenegger, Matthieu
Stead, Doug
Gosse, John
Ward, Brent
Froese, Corey
Canada; Palliser_Rockslide
This paper presents the results of a combined study, using cosmogenic 36Cl exposure dating and terrestrial digital photogrammetry, of the Palliser Rockslide located in the southeastern Canadian Rocky Mountains. This site is particularly well-suited to demonstrate how this multi-disciplinary approach can be used to differentiate distinct rocksliding events, estimate their volume, and establish their chronology and recurrence interval. Observations suggest that rocksliding has been ongoing since the late Pleistocene deglaciation. Two major rockslide events have been dated at 10.0 ± 1.2 kyr and 7.7 ± 0.8 kyr before present, with failure volumes of 40 Mm3 and 8 Mm3, respectively. The results have important implications concerning our understanding of the temporal distribution of paraglacial rockslides and rock avalanches; they provide a better understanding of the volumes and failure mechanisms of recurrent failure events; and they represent the first absolute ages of a prehistoric high magnitude event in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
title Palliser Rockslide cosmogenic 36Cl exposure ages (raw data) and erosion effect on the cosmogenic
topic Canada; Palliser_Rockslide
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.833893