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Showing papers by "Jacques Locat published in 2009"



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TL;DR: For more than 10 years, digital elevation models (DEM) produced by light detection and ranging (LIDAR) technology have provided new tools for geomorphologic studies and especially for landslide stu...
Abstract: For more than 10 years, digital elevation models (DEM) produced by light detection and ranging (LIDAR) technology have provided new tools for geomorphologic studies and especially for landslide stu...

67 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the applicability of the power law model for the analysis of the rate-dependent rheological behavior of soils of different origins and characteristics was examined. The studied soils were divided into different types of soil types.
Abstract: The rate-dependent rheological behaviour of soils of different origins and characteristics was studied and the applicability of the power law model was examined. The studied soils were divided into...

66 citations


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TL;DR: The Currituck slide is believed to have taken place between 24 and 50 ka ago and removed a total volume of about 165 km 3 from this section of the continental slope.

63 citations


Book ChapterDOI
01 Jan 2009
TL;DR: Submarine mass movements pose a threat to coastal communities and infrastructures, both onshore and offshore as mentioned in this paper, and can be found from the coastal zone down onto the abyssal plain and can take place on slope angles as low as 0.5°.
Abstract: Submarine mass movements pose a threat to coastal communities and infrastructures, both onshore and offshore. They can be found from the coastal zone down onto the abyssal plain and can take place on slope angles as low as 0.5°. They can move at velocities up to 50 km/h and reach distances over 1000 km. Their volume can be enormous, as illustrated by the 2.5 × 103 km3 Storegga slide. Similar to their sub-aerial counterparts, submarine mass movements can consist of soil or rock and can take the form of slides, spreads, flows, topples or falls, but in addition they can develop into turbidity currents. Their main consequences are linked either to the direct loss of material at the site where the mass movement is initiated or along its path and to the generation of tsunamis.

22 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the evolution of the fjord du Saguenay is investigated, and a morphologie glaciaire with tres peu d'accumulations postglaciaires is presented.
Abstract: Le fjord du Saguenay est un laboratoire geoscientifique naturel exceptionnel. Sa physiographie et ses caracteristiques geomorphologiques, revelees par les leves multifaisceaux et de sismique-reflexion ainsi qu’une serie de carottages, nous fournissent un eclairage nouveau sur l’evolution du fjord du Saguenay a partir du debut de la deglaciation du fjord, il y a environ 11 000 ans, ainsi que sur l’enregistrement des differentes catastrophes naturelles majeures qui se sont produites dans la region. De plus, a cause de sa morphologie, le fjord du Saguenay est aussi un endroit de predilection pour l’analyse des changements climatiques dans cette region du continent nord-americain. A partir de l’analyse morpho-sedimentologique du fjord du Saguenay, nous proposons de le subdiviser en trois parties : le superieur, le moyen et l’inferieur. Le Saguenay inferieur correspond a la zone comprise entre Tadoussac (kilometre zero), a une profondeur d’environ 20 m, et jusqu’a environ 42 km en amont. Ce secteur est domine par une morphologie glaciaire avec tres peu d’accumulations postglaciaires. Le Saguenay moyen comprend la partie profonde du Saguenay comprise entre l’ile St-Louis et la confluence de la baie des-Ha! Ha! et du Bras‑Nord. On y retrouve surtout des accumulations hemipelagiques, turbiditiques et des coulees de debris. Finalement, il y a le Saguenay superieur qui correspond a la zone amont qui inclut le Bras‑Nord et la baie des‑Ha! Ha!. Ce secteur represente une zone d’accumulation et de comblement, surtout dans le Bras‑Nord ou on retrouve le delta de la riviere Saguenay. Le fjord, en apparence tranquille, nous a revele plusieurs traits geologiques interessants, dont la presence de plusieurs glissements sous-marins, la presence importante de gaz dans la partie profonde et des evidences d’activites sismiques reliees aux seismes de 1663, 1870, et possiblement 1988.

12 citations