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Delineation of Landslide, Flash Flood, and Debris Flow Hazards in Utah
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Delineation of Landslide, Flash Flood, and Debris Flow Hazards in Utah |
| Creator | Bowles, David S. |
| Description | During 1982, 1983, and 1984, abnormally wet conditions in Utah triggered flash floods, landslides, and debris flows. Pore pressures built in hillside soils below melting snows and during prolonged periods of rainfall until the mass suddenly gave way, sometimes as a landslide and other times as a non-Newtonian debris flow that moved rapidly long distances down mountain slopes until finally stiffened by moisture loss or velocity loss because of flatter gradients. Also, runoff from heavy... |
| Date | 1985-01-01T08:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/water_rep/596 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/context/water_rep/article/1595/viewcontent/Delineation_of_Landslide_Flash_Flood_and_Debris_Flow_Hazards_in_2.pdf |
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| Source | Reports |
| Publisher | Hosted by Utah State University Libraries |
| Subject | Erosion periodic rainfall landslide high risk monitoring Civil and Environmental Engineering Water Resource Management |
