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Publications – Jim Schwab

Last updated on January 30, 2024

This researcher no longer works for the B.C. Government.

Publications

Research papers listed in order of publication date.

2011 to 2015:

2015:

  • Blais-Stevens A, Geertsema M, Schwab JW, Asch, Th van 2015.  The Sutherland River rock slide – debris avalanche, central British Coumbia.  Engineering and Environmental Geoscience.

2012:

  • Sakals, M.E., M. Geertsema, J.W. Schwab, and V.N. Foord. 2012. The Todagin Creek landslide of October 3, 2006, Northwest British Columbia, Canada. Landslides 9(1):107-115

2010:

  • Schwab, J.W. and M. Geertsema. 2010. Terrain stability mapping on British Columbia forest lands: an historical perspective. Natural Hazards 53(1):63-75.
  • Campbell, D., B. Roberts, J. Schwab, and T. Millard. 2010. Landslides in organic soils on forested slopes. B.C. Min. For. Range, For. Sci. Prog., Victoria, B.C. Exten. Note 99.
  • Geertsema, M., J.W. Schwab, P. Jordan, T.H. Millard, and T.P. Rollerson. 2010. Hillslope Processes (Chapter 8). In: Pike, R.G., T.E. Redding, R.D. Moore, R.D. Winkler, and K.D. Bladon (editors). 2010. Compendium of forest hydrology and geomorphology in British Columbia. B.C. Min. For. Range, For. Sci. Prog., Victoria, B.C. and FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources, Kamloops, B.C. Land Manag. Handb. 66. Pp. 213-273. Co-published 2010 with FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources
  • Jordan, P., T.H. Millard, D. Campbell, J.W. Schwab, D.J. Wilford, D. Nicol, and D. Collins. 2010. Forest Management Effects on Hillslope Processes (Chapter 9). In: Pike, R.G., T.E. Redding, R.D. Moore, R.D. Winkler, and K.D. Bladon (editors). 2010. Compendium of forest hydrology and geomorphology in British Columbia. B.C. Min. For. Range, For. Sci. Prog., Victoria, B.C. and FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources, Kamloops, B.C. Land Manag. Handb. 66. Pp. 275-329. Co-published 2010 with FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources

2006 to 2010:

2009:

  • Geertsema, M., J.W. Schwab, A. Blais-Stevens, and M.E. Sakals. 2009. Landslides impacting linear infrastructure in west central British Columbia. Natural Hazards 48(1):59-72.

2008:

2007:

  • Geertsema, M., V.N. Egginton, J.W. Schwab, and J.J. Clague. 2007. Landslides and historical climate in northern British Columbia. Chapter 2 In Proceedings of the International Conference on Landslides and Climate Change, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, UK, 21-24 May 2007.

2006:

  • Geertsema, M. and J.W. Schwab. 2006. Challenges with terrain stability mapping in Northern British Columbia. Streamline Watershed Management Bulletin 10(1):18-26 
  • Geertsema, M., D.M. Cruden, and J.W. Schwab. 2006. A large rapid landslide in sensitive glaciomarine sediments at Mink Creek, northwestern British Columbia, Canada. Engineering Geology 83(1-3):36-63.
  • Geertsema, M., J.J. Clague, J.W. Schwab, and S.G. Evans. 2006. An overview of recent large catastrophic landslides in northern British Columbia, Canada. Engineering Geology 83(1-3):120-143.
  • Geertsema, M., O. Hungr, J.W. Schwab, and S.G. Evans. 2006. A large rockslide-debris avalanche in cohesive soil at Pink Mountain, northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Engineering Geology 83(1-3):64-75.
  • Boultbee, N., D. Stead, J. Schwab, and M. Geertsema. 2006. The Zymoetz River rock avalanche, June 2002, British Columbia, Canada. Engineering Geology 83(1-3):76-93.
  • Egginton, V.N., M. Geertsema, J.W. Schwab, and J.J. Clague. 2006. Examining climate controls of recent landslides in northern British Columbia, Canada. poster presented at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting in San Fransisco. 
  • Jakob, M., K. Holm, O. Lange, and J.W. Schwab. 2006. Hydrometeorological thresholds for landslide initiation and forest operation shutdowns on the north coast of British Columbia. Landslides 3(3):228-238
  • McDougall, S., N. Boultbee, O. Hungr, D. Stead, and J. Schwab. 2006. The Zymoetz River landslide, British Columbia, Canada: description and dynamic analysis of a rock slide-debris flow. Landslides 3(3):195-204.

2000 to 2005:

2005:

2004:

  • Schwab, J.W., M. Geertsema, and A. Blais-Stevens. 2004. The Khyex River landslide of November 28, 2003, Prince Rupert British Columbia Canada. Landslides 1(3):243-246.

2002:

  • Schwab, J.W. 2002. Donna Creek washout-flow - what did we learn?. In: Terrain stability and forest management in the interior of British Columbia: workshop proc. May 23-25 2001, Nelson, B.C., Canada. P. Jordan and J. Orban (editors). B.C. Min. For., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 003, pp. 1-13.
  • Martin, Y.E., K. Rood, J.W. Schwab, and M. Church. 2002. Sediment transfer by shallow landsliding in the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Can. J. Earth Sci. 39:189-205.
  • Schwab, J. and M. Kirk. 2002. Sackungen on a Forested Slope, Kitnayakwa River. Forest Sciences, Prince Rupert For. Region. Ext. Note 47.
  • Schwab, J. 2002. Catastrophic Rock Avalanche: Howsen Range, Telkwa Pass. Forest Sciences, Prince Rupert For. Region. Ext. Note 46. 

2001:

  • Schwab, J.W., D.L. Hogan, and I. Weiland. 2001. Floodplain hazard assessment: application to forest land management in British Columbia, Canada. In: Bobrowsky, P.T. (editor). Geoenvironmental mapping: methods, theory and practice. A.A. Balkema Publishers, The Netherlands. pp. 343-369

2000:

  • Schwab, J. 2000. Donna Creek Washout-flow. Forest Sciences, Prince Rupert For. Region. Ext. Note 42. 
  • Schwab, J. 2000. The Next Big Storm or Flood. Forest Sciences, Prince Rupert For. Region. Ext. Note 41. 

1999 and earlier:

1999:

  • Schwab, J. 1999. Tsunamis on Troitsa Lake, British Columbia. Forest Sciences, Prince Rupert For. Region. Ext. Note 35.

1998:

1997:

  • Geertsema, M. and J.W. Schwab. 1997. Retrogressive flowslides in the Terrace-Kitimat, British Columbia area: from early post-deglaciation to present and implications for future slides. In: Proceedings of 11th Vancouver Geotechnical Society Symposium, Vancouver, pp 115-133
  • Septer, D. and J.W. Schwab. 1997. Rainstorm and flood damage: northwest British Columbia 1891-1991. B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Land Manag. Handb. 31.
  • Schwab, J.W. 1997. Historical debris flows, British Columbia north coast. In: Proc. forestry geotechnique and resource engineering, 11th Vancouver Geotechnical Soc. symp., Richmond, B.C. Bitech Publ., Vancouver, B.C.

1996:

  • Geertsema, M. and J.W. Schwab. 1996. A photographic overview and record of the Mink Creek earthflow, Terrace, British Columbia. B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Res. Rep. 08.
  • Weiland, I. and J. Schwab. 1996. Floodplain Erosion Hazard Mapping Zymoetz (Copper) River, Terrace, B.C. Forest Sciences, Prince Rupert For. Region. Ext. Note 18. 
  • Wilford, D., J. Schwab, M. Geertsema, and D. Maloney. 1996. Assessing Gullies. Forest Sciences, Prince Rupert For. Region. Ext. Note 19. 

1995:

  • Wilford, D. and J. Schwab. 1995. The Watershed Assessment Procedure. Forest Sciences, Prince Rupert For. Region. Ext. Note 07.
  • Schwab, J. and D. Septer. 1995. Rainstorm and Flood Damage: Northwest British Columbia, 1891 -1991. Forest Sciences, Prince Rupert For. Region. Ext. Note 03. 
  • Geertsema, M. and J. Schwab. 1995. The Mink Creek Earthflow. Forest Sciences, Prince Rupert For. Region. Ext. Note 04.
  • Septer, D. and J.W. Schwab. 1995. Rainstorm and Flood Damage: Northwest British Columbia 1891-1991. B.C. Min. For., Res. Br., Victoria, B.C. Land Manag. Handb. 31.

1994:

1991:

  • Hogan, D.L. and J.W. Schwab. 1991. Meteorological conditions associated with hillslope failures on the Queen Charlotte Islands. Res. Br., B.C. Min. For., Victoria, B.C. Land Manag. Rep. 73.
  • Hogan, D.L. and J.W. Schwab. 1991. Stream channel response to landslides in the Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C.: changes affecting pink and chum salmon habitat. In: Proc. 15th northeast Pacific pink and chum workshop, Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 1991. B. White and I. Guthrie (editors). Pacific Salmon Commission, Vancouver, B.C., pp. 222-236.

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1981: