12 1.2 Why Study Earth? — Physical Geology – 2nd Edition
Figure 1.2.1 The aftermath of a deadly debris flow in the Riverside Drive area of North Vancouver in January 2005.
The irony of the 2005 slope failure is that the District of North Vancouver had been warned in a geological report written in 1980 that this area was prone to slope failure and that steps should be taken to minimize the risk to residents. Very little was done in the intervening 25 years, and the consequences of that were deadly.
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- Figure 1.2.1: © The Province. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
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