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The accompanying landscape hazard classification map identifies existing and potential geological hazards such as landslides, permafrost stability and flooding; …

Record Modified: Sep 17, 2025
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Publisher: Government of Yukon
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The YGS had a challenging year in 2023. Wildfires and landslides punctuated the field season, disrupting field plans for some, …

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The Aishihik River landslide is a prehistoric slope failure located on a southwest-facing slope of the Ruby Range along the …

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In the days and weeks preceding the landslide, several smaller avalanches initiated from the same slope.

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The accompanying landscape hazard classification map identifies existing and potential geological hazards such as landslides, permafrost stability and flooding; …

Record Modified: Sep 17, 2025
Record Released: Sep 17, 2025
Publisher: Government of Yukon
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With a staff of more than 15 geoscientists, the Yukon Geological Survey (YGS) conducts a wide variety activities from traditional …

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This report provides comprehensive documentation of landslide, permafrost subsidence and fluvial erosion-related geohazards for the Yukon portion of the …

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Over the course of the year, YGS organized three workshops to assess current gaps in map coverage, seek input from …

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In these latter areas, specifically in the vicinity of the type section on Boundary Creek, the shale has the necessary …

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The middle section of the landslide debris continues to move down-slope, as is evident from sheared trenches, stretched roots and …

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