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EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT OF POSTWILDFIRE DEBRIS-FLOW HAZARDS FOR THE 2011 MOTOR FIRE, SIERRA AND STANISLAUS NATIONAL FORESTS, CALIFORNIA (2011)
This report presents an emergency assessment of potential debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the 2011 Motor fire in the Sierra and Stanislaus National Forests,Calif. Statistical-empirical models are used to estimate the probability and volume of debrisflowsthat ...
Reference: Open-File Report 2011–1251
JANUARY 2011: THE EXTREME LANDSLIDE DISASTER IN BRAZIL (2011)
This work describes the extreme event of landslides occurred in January 2011 in the Rio de Janeiro mountainous region and discusses its relationship to the spatial and temporal variation of critical and prior rainfall. Interviews in the field let us establish ...
Reference: Proceedings of the Second World Landslide Forum – 3-7 October 2011, Rome
CHAPTER 7 – MUDFLOW ANALYSIS (2010)
This chapter provides information on the potential and magnitude of mud floods and mudflows that may develop in Aspen due to rainfall events, snowmelt, or rain on snow events. This chapter also provides guidance on the design process for sites at risk for ...
Reference: Urban Runoff Management Plan, Rev 4/2010
SIMULATION OF HOT MUDFLOW DISASTER WITH CELL AUTOMATON AND VERIFICATION WITH SATELLITE IMAGERY DATA (2010)
Minimization differences on Cellular Automata approach to predict new inundated area of hot mudflow on LUSI mud eruption disaster which occurred in Sidoarjo area is proposed. There are three characteristics of hot mudflow that is unique such as surface material ...
Reference: International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science, Volume XXXVIII, Part 8, Kyoto Japan 2010
A REVIEW OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF LANDSLIDE OF THE FLOW TYPE (2001)
<p>As a result of the widespread use of the landslide classifications of Varnes (1978) and Hutchinson (1988), certain terms describing common types of flow like mass movements have become entrenched in the language of engineering geology. Example terms include ...
Reference: Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, Vol VII, No. 3, August 2001, pp. 221-238
4. GEOCHEMISTRY OF SERPENTINITE MUDS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS FROM THE MARIANA FOREARC ,ODP SITES 1200 AND 778-779, SOUTH CHAMORRO AND CONICAL SEAMOUNTS (1998)
New geochemical data on serpentinite muds and metamorphic clasts recovered during Ocean Drilling Program Legs 195 (Holes 1200A-1200E) and 125 (Holes 778A and 779A) provide insights into the proportions of rock types of various sources that compose the serpentinite ...
Reference: "Shinohara, M., Salisbury, M.H., and Richter, C. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results Volume 195"
Shocking moment mudslide sends huge boulders down a mountain metres away from homes before cars get washed away like toys by rapid floodwaters in a Chinese city
Daily Mail   10 June 2019   China   Guangxi  
This aerial photo taken yesterday shows submerged buildings after heavy rain caused flooding in Rongan in China's southern Guangxi region.
<p>A massive mudslide sent huge boulders down the side of a mountain just metres away from a residential complex in a Chinese city today.</p> <p>Terrifying footage shows the mountainside collapsing next to several tower blocks in Fujian Province in south-eastern ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Why California's mudslides are so devastating
CNN   11 January 2018   USA   California  
Mudslides pushed boulders near a broken fence in Carpinteria on Tuesday.
<p>(CNN)Southern Californians can't get a break from nature. First, wildfires scorched a massive area northwest of Los Angeles. Now catastrophic mudslides have swallowed homes and killed at least 15 people.</p> <p>But a variety of unique factors have made ...
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13 killed in Southern California deluge as rivers of mud wipe out homes
CNN   10 January 2018   USA   California  
Deadly mudslides in Southern California / CNN
<p>(CNN)Heavy rains unleashed destructive rivers of mud and debris in Southern California on Tuesday -- leaving at least 13 people dead, destroying homes and spurring rescues as the flooding forced heavily traveled roads to close.</p> <p>Santa Barbara County ...
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Toxic sludge reaches Atlantic after Brazil dams burst
Aljazeera   22 November 2015   Brazil   Rio Doce  
The dams that collapsed were located on hills overlooking the two districts that were devastated by the disaster [Ricardo Moraes/Reuters]
<p>A mudflow thick with toxic mining waste, which initially spilled earlier this month from the collapse of two tailings dams into a main river in southeast Brazil, has now reached the Atlantic Ocean, says Brazil's environmental agency, Ibama.</p> <p>Ibama ...