Observations of debris flows at chalk cliffs, colorado, USA: Part 1, in situ measurements of flow dynamics, tracer particle movement and video imagery from the summer of 2009

Italian Journal of Engineering Geology and Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-75

  Mccoy, Scott W ^a   Coe, Jeffrey A ^b   Kean, Jason W ^b   Tucker, Greg E ^a   Staley, Dennis M ^b   Wasklewicz, Thad A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flow; Entrainment; Initiation; Instrumentation; Monitoring; Runoff; Sediment transport; Tracer particles

Indexed keywords

COLORADO , USA; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DEBRIS FLOWS; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FLOW DYNAMICS; FLOW PROPERTIES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INITIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL MODEL; PASSIVE INTEGRATED TRANSPONDER; RAIN-INTENSITY; SHORT DURATIONS; TERRAIN DATA; TRACER PARTICLE; VIDEO IMAGERY;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; MONITORING; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORMS;

DEBRIS;

EID: 80755163781     PISSN: 18256635     EISSN: 20355688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4408/IJEGE.2011-03.B-078     Document Type: Article

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