Trials and Tribulations of Life on an Active Subduction Zone: Field Trips in and around Vancouver, Canada
This volume, prepared for the 126th GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada, offers guides to trips in the Cascadia subduction zone. The active tectonism of the region has had a profound effect on the bedrock and surficial geology of the area, and on human interactions with the geologic environment. These themes are reflected in the trips associated with the meeting. Trip topics relate to bedrock geology, volcanism and Cordilleran glaciation and deglaciation, as well as human interaction with the natural environment. The trips that discuss human interaction cover archaeology, natural hazards and the urban environment, as well as the role that local geology and tectonism have played in shaping colonization of the region since the last glaciation. The field guide volume has something for everyone!
Applied geomorphology along the North Shore slopes of Burrard Inlet in North and West Vancouver
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Published:January 01, 2014
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Michael C. Roberts, Derek Turner, Brent Ward, 2014. "Applied geomorphology along the North Shore slopes of Burrard Inlet in North and West Vancouver", Trials and Tribulations of Life on an Active Subduction Zone: Field Trips in and around Vancouver, Canada, Shahin Dashtgard, Brent Ward
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Abstract
The natural landscape of the North Shore of Vancouver is a mountainous one extending from sea level to ~1400 m. Land below ~400 m has been undergoing increasing urbanization since the 1950s. Development has encroached on areas subject to natural hazards such as floods, debris flows, slope failures, and coastal inundation. We will visit examples of these urban hazards, discuss problems of hazard identification in a forested landscape, and review urban planning and engineering responses to hazard management.
- British Columbia
- Canada
- Cordilleran ice sheet
- debris flows
- deforestation
- failures
- field trips
- floods
- geologic hazards
- geomorphology
- glaciation
- history
- land use
- mass movements
- natural hazards
- road log
- slope stability
- urban planning
- urbanization
- Vancouver British Columbia
- Western Canada
- Burrard Inlet
- Mosquito Creek