Geomorphology: Landslide boost from entrainment

Anne Mangeney (1)

1 IPGP - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

The mechanisms that govern the growth of debris flows are largely unclear, hampering efforts to assess natural hazards in landslide-prone areas. Experiments suggest that high bed-water content increases flow velocity and mass entrainment in landslides.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

Anne Mangeney. Geomorphology: Landslide boost from entrainment. Nature Geoscience, 2011, 4, pp.77-78. ⟨10.1038/ngeo1077⟩. ⟨insu-03606495⟩