This volume documents advances in our knowledge of catastrophic landslides, providing a worldwide survey of catastrophic landslide events. It draws on South America to illustrate dramatically the impact of these phenomena on human populations. The occurrence of catastrophic landslides, including site-specific insights, is shown through six events of the past 20 years. Several other chapters focus on the mechanisms involved with catastrophic landsides both in relation to geologic factors in a particular geographic area as well as to specific geologic processes.

This publication presents & discusses 533 radiocarbon age determinations made by the Geological Survey of Canada Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory plus 169 dates done by other laboratories. The presentation of dates within each section or subsection of this text is ordered from east to west by province or territory. An index by laboratory sample number is included.

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