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NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF DEBRIS FLOWS TRIGGERED FROM THE STRUG ROCK FALL SOURCE AREA, W SLOVENIA (2006)

The Strug landslide was triggered in December 2001 as a rockslide, followed by a rock fall. In 2002, about 20 debris flows were registered in the Kose˘c village; they were initiated in the Strug rock fall source area. They all flowed through the aligned Brusnik channel, which had been finished just before the first debris flow reached the village in April 2002. Debris flow events were rainfall-induced but also governed by the availability of rock fall debris in its zone of accumulation. After 2002 there was not enough material available for further debris flows to reach the village. Nevertheless, a decision was reached to use mathematical modeling to prepare a hazard map for the village for possible new debris flows. Using the hydrological data of the Brusnik watershed and the rheological characteristics of the debris material, 5 different scenarios were defined with the debris flow volumes from 1000m3 to a maximum of 25 000m3. Two mathematical models were used, a one-dimensional model DEBRIF-1D, and a two-dimensional commercially available model FLO-2D. 
Reference:
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 6, 261–270, 2006
Organization:
University of Ljubljana
Slovenia
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