1. Geotechnical Engineer, KGS Group Inc., 4310 Sherwoodtowne Blvd., Mississauga, ON, Canada L4Z 4C4; formerly, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada A1B 3X5.
2. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada A1B 3X5 (corresponding author). ORCID: .
3. Senior Research Scientist, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Quebec City, QC, Canada G1K 9A9.
4. Donald H. McLaughlin Chair of Mineral Engineering, Chancellor’s Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of California, 447 Davis Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-1710.
5. Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada A1B 3X5. ORCID: .