Rockslide Project
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Aerial view of Turtle Mountain, captured on Google Maps
ROCKSLIDES
- Rockslides are rapidly moving rock masses moving downward from a steep surface
- The most disastrous rockslide to occur destroyed 7 villages in only 15 minutes
- Rockslides are prevented on roads by using steel nets to catch the falling debris
Photo by tommaync
DATE OF EVENT/LOCATION OF EVENT
- The Frank Slide was a rockslide that occurred in Alberta, Canada on April 29, 1903.
Photo by techmagna
CAUSE
- The Frank Slide was caused by the mountain's naturally unstable build but too much mining of coal was also a factor.
Photo by oatsy40
THE DAMAGE DONE/PEOPLE AFFECTED
- The rockslide killed over 70 people, destroyed the eastern outskirts of the town, obliterated a two kilometer section of the Canadian Railway, and some small businesses
Photo by SCAD1
RECOVERY
- After more than 11 decades have past, Turtle Mountain has not yet recovered.
Photo by Robson Hatsukami Morgan
CHANGES AFTER DISASTER/AGENCIES THAT HELPED
- The mountain has become somewhat of a tourist attraction after the famous rockslide occurred. No agency helped to fix damages besides the government itself, and a community center to remind people of what happened has been built.
Photo by Justin in SD
Before/After Picture Provided by http://ags.aer.ca/turtle-mountain-monitoring-program
USES OF GEOGRAPHY
- The government vowed to pay $1million on mountain surveillance equipment and fulfilled this promise in 2010. This equipment will help know when the next rockslide occurs.
Photo by 401(K) 2013
CITES SORTED
- BILL, GRAVELAND. "Canada's Deadliest Rock Slide a Popular Roadside Attraction." Canadian Press, the, n.d. EBSCOhost, scsl.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=discus&url=http://search.ebscohost.com.scsl.id....
- Downs, Sandra. "Slips and Slides." When the Earth Moves, Lerner Publishing Group, Jan. 2000, p. 14. EBSCOhost, scsl.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=discus&url=http://search.ebscohost.com.scsl.id....
- Seager, Allen. "Frank Slide." ["Beaver"]. Beaver, vol. 76, no. 2, Apr/May96, p. 41. EBSCOhost, scsl.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=discus&url=http://search.ebscohost.com.scsl.id... direct=true&db=khh&AN=9604080440&site=ehk5-live.
- Stewart, Dion C., et al. "Landslides, Mudslides, and Rockslides." Salem Press Encyclopedia, January. EBSCOhost, scsl.idm.oclc.org/login?auth=discus&url=http://search.ebscohost.com.scsl.id....
