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Sinkhole in Quebec

by ArCaver » May 11, 2010 10:53 am

Is this karst related?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100511/ap_ ... n_sinkhole

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Re: Sinkhole in Quebec

by ian mckenzie » May 12, 2010 12:06 am

The news here is calling it a 'mudslide'.

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Re: Sinkhole in Quebec

by Squirrel Girl » May 12, 2010 3:58 am

I was checking the weather forecast and discovered this video:

http://www.accuweather.com/video/847401 ... -house.asp

It's got helicopter footage of what looks like a slide or a slump.

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Re: Sinkhole in Quebec

by durkion » May 12, 2010 11:26 am

it was a mudslide. this article has the geology on why it happened.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nat ... article156

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