Landslides in Sensitive Clays From Geosciences to Risk Management

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. Past and recent examples of catastrophic landslides at e.g. Saint-Jean-Vianney in

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Jean-Sébastien L'Heureux Ariane Locat Serge Leroueil Denis Demers Jacques Locat Editors

Landslides in Sensitive Clays From Geosciences to Risk Management

Landslides in Sensitive Clays

Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research Volume 36

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Jean-Sébastien L’Heureux • Ariane Locat Serge Leroueil • Denis Demers • Jacques Locat Editors

Landslides in Sensitive Clays From Geosciences to Risk Management

Editors Jean-Sébastien L’Heureux Norwegian Geotechnical Institute Trondheim, Norway Serge Leroueil Department of Civil Engineering and Water Engineering Laval University Québec, QC, Canada

Ariane Locat Department of Civil Engineering and Water Engineering Laval University Québec, QC, Canada Denis Demers Service de la Géotechnique et de la géologie Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) Québec, QC, Canada

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

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