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Nick Cradock-Henry
Department of Geography, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo,
Ontario, N2L 3C5
Geomatics Department, Sir Sanford Fleming College, Lindsay,
Ontario, K9V 4S5
Poster Title: The Earthquake Hazard in the Karakoram
Mountain: An analysis of intervening conditions.
Poster Abstract: The regular occurrence of earthquakes and
other damaging, naturally occurring extreme events in the
Karakoram Mountains is well documented. The combination of steep
slopes, extensive glaciation, continued uplift, unstable slope and
surficial materials and a climate characterized by periods of
intense precipitation, results in frequent debris-flows,
landslides, floods and snow avalanches. Seismic activity is a
significant cause of slope failure in these mountains and yet the
magnitude or occurrence of an earthquake alone does not adequately
explain the often disproportionate scale of damages: a relatively
small quake often results in catastrophic damages. This
poster seeks to address the range of factors that contribute to
earthquake hazards in the Karakoram Mountains, a hazard that has
as much to do with seismic activity as it does slope material,
topography, land-use, building materials and the expansion of
human activity in these mountains.
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