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Landslides in Sensitive Clays

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Landslides in sensitive clays represent a major hazard in the northern countries of the world such as Canada, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and in the US state of Alaska. Examples of catastrophic landslides in sensitive clays that impacted populations are numerous: e.g., Saint-Jean-Vianney in 1971 (Tavenas et al. 1971; Potvin et al. 2001), Rissa in 1979 (Gregersen 1981; L’Heureux et al. 2012), Finneidfjord in 1996 (Longva et al. 2003), Kattmarka in 2009 (Nordal et al. 2009) and St-Jude in 2010 (Locat et al. 2012). In order to respond to the societal demands, the scientific community has to expand its knowledge of landslide mechanisms in sensitive clay to assist authorities with state-of-the-art investigation techniques, hazard assessment methods, risk management schemes, mitigation measures and planning.

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  1. Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Trondheim, Norway

    Jean-Sébastien L’Heureux

  2. Department of Civil Engineering and Water Engineering, Laval University, Québec City, QC, Canada

    Ariane Locat & Serge Leroueil

  3. Service de la Géotechnique et de la géologie (Geotechnique and Geology Branch), Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ), Québec City, QC, Canada

    Denis Demers

  4. Laboratoire d’études sur les risques naturels, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Laval University, Québec City, QC, Canada

    Jacques Locat

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L’Heureux, JS., Locat, A., Leroueil, S., Demers, D., Locat, J. (2014). Landslides in Sensitive Clays – From Geosciences to Risk Management. In: L'Heureux, JS., Locat, A., Leroueil, S., Demers, D., Locat, J. (eds) Landslides in Sensitive Clays. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, vol 36. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7079-9_1

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