The document discusses debris flow deposition and effects. It notes that as a debris flow's velocity decreases due to a declining slope, solid particles will begin to deposit. The deposition rate and runout area depend on flow velocity - higher velocities result in larger runout areas. Where debris flows reach flat areas or channels, large deposition fans can form. Examples show debris flows destroying structures in their path and burying infrastructure like roads.
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When the bed slope decreases the component of weight force normal to
the flow increases and the flow velocity decreases entailing the decrease
of the buoyancy force. Therefore, the buoyancy force cannot oppose to
the component of weight force normal to the flow so that solid particles
begin to deposite. Deposition rate depend on the flow velocity. The larger
the velocity the higher the debris flow runout area.
The extension of the deposition area depend on the flow velocity and on
the solid volume. The higher the flow velocity and the solid volume, the
larger in length and width the run out area.
Debris flow of large size that reach the valley bottom with high velocity
need large area to stop.
The impact of the debris flow on the obstacle it come across depends on
the flow velocity and concentration of the solid phase. The higher the
larger the destruptions.
Deposition
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Deposition on slopes - 1
Deposits on the scree beneath Punta Dina
(San Vito di Cadore) of the debris flow
occurred the 4th of August 2015
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Deposition on slopes - 2
Deposits on the woods overhanging Tre Croci Pass (Three crosses pass)
given by the debris flow occurred the 29th of July 2019
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Deposition on slopes - 3
Deposits on the scree of Val Giralba (Auronzo) given by the debris flow
occurred the 8th of August 2009
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Debris flow occurred at Rovina di
Cancia the 23th of July 2015
Deposits on flat area built for stop
debris flow
Debris flow occurred at Rovina di
Cancia the 4th of August 2015
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Deposition on channel - 2
Debris flow occurred at Rovina di Cancia the 23th of July 2015
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Deposits of debris flow occurred the 17th of July 2015 on the Gere
torrent
Deposition on channel - 3
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Chieppena torrent (Trentino)
November 1966
Venzo e Largaiolli (1968)
The effect of a debris flow - 2
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The village of Chiapuzza (San Vito di Cadore, BL) after
the debris flow of the 4th of November 1966
The effect of a debris flow - 3
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The effect of a debris flow - 4
Debris flow deposits
after the event of 7
August 1996 in Borca
di Cadore (Cancia
debris flow)
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The effect of a debris flow - 5
Val Pola
Nusdorf Debant, Drava Valley, Lienz, Austria - After
the debris flow occurred on August 1997 (Fuchs et al., 2007)
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The effect of a debris flow - 6
Val Pola
Results from the spilling of mud water from the retaining
basin upstream Borca di Cadore (BL) the 18th of July 2009
Retaining wall
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The effect of a debris flow - 7
Val Pola
Hamlet of Campolongo di Baselga di Pin竪 (TN) after the debris
flow occurred the 15th of August 2010
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The effect of a debris flow - 8
Val Pola
The National Road SS. 51 (km 97.500) between Cortina
dAmpezzo and San Vito di Cadore (BL) flooded by the debris
flow occurred the 8th of August 2015.
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The effect of a debris flow - 7
Val PolaBayi watershed (Longxi river), Wenchuan , China; after the
big earthquake of 2008 intese rainfall triggered several
debris flows the 13-14th of August 2010
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The effect of a debris flow - 8
Val Pola
Bayi watershed (Longxi river), Wenchuan , China; after the
big earthquake of 2008 intese rainfall triggered severa
debris flows the 13-14th of August 2010
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The effect of a debris flow - 9
Val Pola
Bayi watershed (Longxi river), Wenchuan , China; after the
big earthquake of 2008 intese rainfall triggered several
debris flows the 13-14th of August 2010
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Reference
Fuchs, S., Heiss, K., Huebl J., 2007. Towards an empirical vulnerability function for use in
debris flow risk assessment. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 7, 495-506.