Reconstruction of a destructive debris-flow event via numerical modeling: The role of valley geometry on flow dynamics

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1847-1861

  Schilirò, Luca ^a   De Blasio, Fabio V ^b   Esposito, Carlo ^a   Scarascia Mugnozza, Gabriele ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BING model; Debris flow; Intense rainfall; North eastern Sicily; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

BINS; DEBRIS; EROSION; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; LANDFORMS; VELOCITY;

DEBRIS FLOWS; DEPOSITIONAL AREAS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION/DEPOSITION; INTENSE RAINFALLS; NATURAL PHENOMENA; NORTH-EASTERN SICILY; TOPOGRAPHIC INFORMATION;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION VELOCITY; EROSION RATE; FLOW VELOCITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECONSTRUCTION; SLOPE DYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VALLEY;

ITALY; MESSINA [SICILY]; SCALETTA ZANCLEA; SICILY;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 84945444076     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3762     Document Type: Article

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