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The physics of debris flows — A conceptual assessment The physics of debris flows — A conceptual assessment

Debris flows exhibit conspicuous dynamic interactions among their solid and fluid constituents. Key features of the interactions are neglected in traditional theories that treat debris flows as viscoplastic continua or as uniformly dispersed grain flows, but improved understanding of grain-grain and fluid-grain interactions has emerged from recent experimental and theoretical research...
Authors
Richard M. Iverson, Roger P. Denlinger

Hydraulics and basin morphometry of the largest flash floods in the conterminous United States Hydraulics and basin morphometry of the largest flash floods in the conterminous United States

The maximum rainfall-runoff floods measured by indirect methods in small basins (0.39-370 km2) in the conterminous United States are examined. This analysis identified twelve floods that were the largest ever measured. These floods all occurred in semiarid to arid areas. For eleven of the twelve largest rainfall-runoff floods measured in small basins by the slope-area method, values of...
Authors
J. E. Costa
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