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Adam Booth

Maps of debris flow similarity index (DFSI) and the corresponding lengths of those debris flow channel segments.
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Debris Flows Keep the Landscape on the Straight and Narrow

by Adam Booth 6 April 20223 May 2022

New methods for identifying debris flow-shaped channels improve hazard quantification and highlight how high uplift rates and fractured bedrock facilitate debris flow-dominated landscape evolution.

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