| Title | Forecasting inundation from debris flows that grow volumetrically during travel, with application to the Oregon Coast Range, USA |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2016 |
| Authors | Reid, Mark E., Jeffrey A. Coe, and Dianne L. Brien |
| Secondary Title | Geomorphology |
| Volume | 273 |
| Issue | p.396-411 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription |
| Keywords | coastal hazards, precipitation, erosion, geology, landslides, paleosciences, sediments, Umpqua River, Charlotte Creek, Mill Creek |
| Notes | Landslides and debris flows are important hazards in the Oregon Coast Range. In November, 1996, a major storm caused two debris flows along the Umpqua River that killed five people. In this paper, the authors studied four basins that were steep, clearcut and affected by the 1996 debris flow. The authors employed an “easy-to-use empirical/statistical approach to forecast inundation from debris flows” (p.397) They make the important claim that, “Our method reproduced the observed inundation patterns produced by individual debris flows; it also generated reproducible, objective potential inundation maps for entire drainage networks” (from the Abstract). Full-text is available through ResearchGate. |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.07.039 |
