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Marc-André Brideau

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Engineering geologist specializing in landslide hazard. Based in Victoria British Columbia.

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I do have a copy of that one.
Just emailed it to you

25.02.2026 04:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Overview map of Canada with location points of 28,000 landslides symbolized according to 31 landslide types. Background image is a combination of ESRI satellite imagery and hillshade of the NRCan High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM).

Overview map of Canada with location points of 28,000 landslides symbolized according to 31 landslide types. Background image is a combination of ESRI satellite imagery and hillshade of the NRCan High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM).

Overview map of Canada with location points of 28,000 landslides symbolized according to interpreted InSAR-based deformation maps for slow slope movement. Interpretation is preliminary and ongoing. Background image is a combination of ESRI satellite imagery and hillshade of the NRCan High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM).

Overview map of Canada with location points of 28,000 landslides symbolized according to interpreted InSAR-based deformation maps for slow slope movement. Interpretation is preliminary and ongoing. Background image is a combination of ESRI satellite imagery and hillshade of the NRCan High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM).

Version 13 of the Preliminary Canadian Landslide Database is available. Highlights include 2,500 new entries and 449 slopes that were likely moving (2016-2024) based on interpretation of NRCan and NASA InSAR-based deformation maps.
zenodo.org/records/1821...

12.01.2026 14:22 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake ten minutes ago along Yukon/Alaska border on the Fairweather Fault. I am guessing this will result in some big landslides. 🧪⚒️
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

06.12.2025 20:52 — 👍 85    🔁 30    💬 2    📌 4
Program - Rock slope and gravity 2025 Program: Rock slope and gravity 2025 (RSG-2025): Forecasting and Modelling Large Rock Slope Failures in a Changing Mountain Environment The program generally follows the original session plan, though ...

This week I get the chance to present at the Rock Slope and Gravity 2025 (RSG-2025) Conference: Forecasting and Modelling Large Rock Slope Failures in a Changing Mountain Environment. Lots of interesting talks: wp.unil.ch/rsg-2025/pro... It has an option to attend online.

23.11.2025 20:56 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Pilot national scale maps of active deformation processes in Canada The metadata page and map for the GeoCore record 1da588c1-0dc6-45e4-9e63-9acf2fdc353a

Here is the link to the dataset
app.geo.ca/en-ca/map-br...

23.10.2025 13:37 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Overlay of InSAR displacement data on top of hillshade view of lidar. A strong displacement concentration corresponds with the geomorphic expression of a landslide.

Overlay of InSAR displacement data on top of hillshade view of lidar. A strong displacement concentration corresponds with the geomorphic expression of a landslide.

Natural Resources Canada has released a national scale maps of active deformation processes based on 2017-2024 Sentinel-1 InSAR data. For best results download the images, load them up in your fav GIS software, and watch out many hours will be spent checking out features you always wondered about.

23.10.2025 13:36 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Geohazards 9 Welcome to the 9th installment of the Canadian Conference on Geotechnique and Natural Hazards.  Since the inception for the series in 1992, applied earth science practitioners from across Canada have ...

Only six days left to submit an abstract to Geohazards 9 which will take place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada next June.
www.geohazards9.ca

23.10.2025 13:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Surface elevation change detection comparing 2013 lidar DTM to a 2025 DSM created from UAV photos for the Takhini River landslide.

Surface elevation change detection comparing 2013 lidar DTM to a 2025 DSM created from UAV photos for the Takhini River landslide.

The 17 December 2024 Takhini River landslide and river-ice tsunami in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada highlights the role of progressive failure in frozen materials.
eos.org/thelandslide...

08.10.2025 07:24 — 👍 19    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Mountain at sunrise. The peak had an unusual shape with a column of rock sticking out.

Mountain at sunrise. The peak had an unusual shape with a column of rock sticking out.

Fish eye lens view of mountains as seen from a forestry cut block.

Fish eye lens view of mountains as seen from a forestry cut block.

Distal mountain range in background and logging road in foreground.

Distal mountain range in background and logging road in foreground.

Had a great day in the field yesterday. Between Woss and Zeballos on Vancouver Island.

07.10.2025 12:37 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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03.10.2025 17:57 — 👍 69    🔁 65    💬 0    📌 10
Overview map of Canada with location points of 25,550 landslides symbolized according to 30 landslide types. Background image is a combination of ESRI satellite imagery and hillshade of the NRCan High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM)

Overview map of Canada with location points of 25,550 landslides symbolized according to 30 landslide types. Background image is a combination of ESRI satellite imagery and hillshade of the NRCan High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM)

Overview map of Canada with location points of 25,550 landslides symbolized according to what version of the database they were last modified. It shows that more than half they entries were added or modified in the latest version. Background image is a combination of ESRI satellite imagery and hillshade of the NRCan High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM)

Overview map of Canada with location points of 25,550 landslides symbolized according to what version of the database they were last modified. It shows that more than half they entries were added or modified in the latest version. Background image is a combination of ESRI satellite imagery and hillshade of the NRCan High Resolution Digital Elevation Model (HRDEM)

Over the last three years, @drewbrayshaw.bsky.social, @geocron.bsky.social, me, and twelve colleagues have been compiling a Preliminary Canadian Landslide Database. Version 12 is now available and contains 25,500 entries.
zenodo.org/records/1721...

29.09.2025 13:16 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
Dr Toni Lewkowicz launching the glossary!

Dr Toni Lewkowicz launching the glossary!

IT’S ALIVE! The Glossary of Permafrost Science and Engineering is released and available to all for free! Spread the news! You can download it here: canadianpermafrostassociation.ca/glossary-of-...

23.09.2025 23:27 — 👍 12    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 1
Submit | Geohazards 9

You can now submit your abstract for the Geohazards 9 conference next June in Edmonton Alberta
www.geohazards9.ca/call-for-abs...

23.07.2025 22:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1
Hillshade view of 2024 lidar along Fraser River showing 1.5km+ wide low angle landslide

Hillshade view of 2024 lidar along Fraser River showing 1.5km+ wide low angle landslide

Interesting landslide landscape visible in the newly available 2024 lidar along the Fraser River. Lidar from lidar.gov.bc.ca/pages/downlo...
Landslide outlines from www.frdr-dfdr.ca/repo/dataset...
Landslide points from zenodo.org/records/1529...

20.07.2025 03:53 — 👍 27    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 2

the new Landslide Mapping Guidelines from Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia are now available. A useful document for geohazard practitioners in British Columbia (and beyond).
tools.egbc.ca/Registrants/...

17.07.2025 19:09 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
True colour pre-failure imagery from esri

True colour pre-failure imagery from esri

Not sure, the pre-failure imagery from esri shows small scale instabilities and talus along the runout path. Could be runup, or entrainment, or secondary failures.

27.06.2025 13:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
July 26, 2022 false colour imagery that has good view of both the source and deposit areas.

July 26, 2022 false colour imagery that has good view of both the source and deposit areas.

The July 26, 2022 imagery has a nice view of the source area

27.06.2025 13:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
June 26, 2022 false colour Sentinel imagery with no landslide deposit

June 26, 2022 false colour Sentinel imagery with no landslide deposit

June 29, 2022 false colour Sentinel imagery with landslide deposit

June 29, 2022 false colour Sentinel imagery with landslide deposit

Sentinel imagery suggest it happened between June 26, 2022 and June 29, 2022

27.06.2025 13:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
The May 2025 Yukon River landslide, viewed from a drone. Image copyright the Yukon Geological Survey, used with permission.

The May 2025 Yukon River landslide, viewed from a drone. Image copyright the Yukon Geological Survey, used with permission.

The uplifted toe of the May 2025 Yukon River landslide. Image copyright the Yukon Geological Survey, used with permission.

The uplifted toe of the May 2025 Yukon River landslide. Image copyright the Yukon Geological Survey, used with permission.

Back-tilted blocks in the May 2025 Yukon River landslide. Image copyright the Yukon Geological Survey, used with permission.

Back-tilted blocks in the May 2025 Yukon River landslide. Image copyright the Yukon Geological Survey, used with permission.

Derek Cronmiller of the Yukon Geological Survey has provided a stunning set of the images of the fascinating recent failure that partially blocked the Yukon River. This is a textbook example of a complex rotational landslide:-
eos.org/thelandslide...

18.06.2025 06:36 — 👍 48    🔁 20    💬 0    📌 0

Yes there appears to be a few additional potential landslide features not currently in the SIGÉOM inventory. That landslide layer is part of the provincial surficial geology compilation. Not sure what year it was done and if lidar was available at the time.

23.05.2025 21:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Close-up of the outlines and point locations of previous landslides relative to the May 21, 2025 landslide. background image from NRCan lidar.

Close-up of the outlines and point locations of previous landslides relative to the May 21, 2025 landslide. background image from NRCan lidar.

Overview of the outlines and point locations of previous landslides relative to the May 21, 2025 landslide. background image from NRCan lidar.

Overview of the outlines and point locations of previous landslides relative to the May 21, 2025 landslide. background image from NRCan lidar.

2024 satellite imagery from Google Earth of the area where the May 21, 2025 landslide occurrred.

2024 satellite imagery from Google Earth of the area where the May 21, 2025 landslide occurrred.

A landslide in quick (sensitive) clay in central Québec this week as been featured in the news.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Lidar and previous landslide inventory support the statement in the news report that landslides have occurred in the area before.

23.05.2025 13:08 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

Nice ones!!!

29.04.2025 19:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

WHOA!!!

08.03.2025 13:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Hillshade view of the 2021 lidar

Hillshade view of the 2021 lidar

Topographic profile along longitudinal section

Topographic profile along longitudinal section

There is 2021 lidar available from (lidar.gov.bc.ca/pages/downlo...) for that feature. It suggest that the local relief is only ~260m.

13.02.2025 13:53 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Call For Abstracts - 2026 IAG International Conference on Geomorphology Call for Abstracts Abstract Submissions Now Open! Click the button to the right to begin your abstract submission. SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT HERE Abstract

I am pleased to report that we are now accepting abstracts for the 11th International Conference on #Geomorphology in Christchurch New Zealand in February 2026. #geoscience #hazards #rivers #tectonics #glaciers #coasts #landslides

Please repost.

www.confer.co.nz/icg2026/call...

09.02.2025 09:10 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The role of wildfires and forest harvesting on geohazards and channel instability during the November 2021 atmospheric river in southwestern British Columbia, Canada During the November 2021 atmospheric river in British Columbia, Canada, hundreds of landslides were triggered. We found that geohazards occurred more frequently in wildfire burned areas and along for...

Very interesting new paper by former colleagues Carie-Ann Hancock and Kyle Wlodarczyk on the role of wildfires and forest harvesting on geohazards and channel stability during the November 2021 atmospheric river in SW British Columbia, Canada. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

30.01.2025 13:50 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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GeoHazards 9 June 1-3, 2026 Edmonton, Alberta

The next Canadian Geohazards Conference will be June 1-3, 2026 in Edmonton Alberta. You can register for updates at geohazards9.ca

22.01.2025 23:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Watch out Calgary you might loose your tie for fifth place

24.12.2024 14:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“We needed to know how far and how fast the event could travel” Brienz has just been evacuated for the second time. The decision is based, among other things, on thousands of simulations that ETH professor Jordan Aaron has produced using a computer model he develo...

Brienz has just been evacuated for the second time. The decision is based, among other things, on thousands of simulations that ETH professor Jordan Aaron has produced using a computer model he developed. In an interview with ETH News, he explains why this model was used.

13.12.2024 10:21 — 👍 24    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1
Microphones and rain buckets are being used to help detect landslides before they happen | CBC Radio Scientists say giving people hours, or even a few minutes, of early warning has grown in importance, as climate change makes natural disasters more common and dangerous than ever before.

Really interesting article and radio interview about landslide early warning systems in British Columbia and Alaska. Featuring the work by @volcancanuck.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/radio/whaton...

08.12.2024 19:49 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0