Lobate features abutting massifs and escarpments in the middle latitudes of Mars have been recognized in images for decades, but their true nature has been controversial, with hypotheses of origin such as ice-lubricated debris flows or glaciers covered by a layer of surface debris. These models imply an ice content ranging from minor and interstitial to massive and relatively pure. Soundings of...

We propose a new data analyzing scheme, the method of minimum entropy analysis (MEA), in this paper. New MEA provides a quantitative criterion to select relevant variables for modeling the physical system interested. Such method can be easily extended to various geophysical/geological data analysis, where many relevant or irrelevant available measurements may obscure the understanding of the hi...

This research programme at the Newton Institute was devoted to improving the understanding and mathematical modelling of granular and particle-laden fluid systems as they arise in nature, in the laboratory and in industry. Geophysical examples of granular and particle-laden flows include rock avalanches, debris flows, mud flows and turbulent boundary layers with suspended particles, such as vol...

The current low temperatures and pressures at the martian surface are not conducive to the stability of liquid water; hence the discovery of recently active, fluvial-like gullies [1, 2] presents an apparent paradox: how can these fluvial landforms have occurred if water is not stable at the surface? To approach this problem we have compared the morphometric properties of gullies in various sett...

The simulation of the occurrence runoff-generated debris flows can be approached by means hydrological models. In this work, we show that a rainfall-runoff model designed for runoff in headwater rocky basins capture both transit timing first debris-flow surge and its hydrograph. We successfully compared stage hydrograph with simulated two Dolomites.

Abstract. Knowledge of how debris flows result in the fan-shaped morphology around a channel outlet is crucial for mitigation debris-flow-related disasters and investigation previous sediment transport from upper channel. Therefore, using flume connected to deposition area (inundation plane), this study conducted fan-morphology experiments assess effects differences grain-size distribution with...

Debris flows pose a serious threat to human life and infrastructure in downstream areas following wildfire. This underscores the necessity for having hazard assessment framework place that can be used estimate impacts of post-wildfire debris flows. Current assessments western United States (USA) use empirical models assess volume potential Volume provide information regarding magnitude In this ...

Recent gullies are erosional landforms developed on hillslopes in recent Martian time (less than 10 My). The nature of the fluid that created the erosion was initially considered as debris flows, but this is still under discussion. Indeed, hypotheses invoking only dry granular slides explain many characteristics of the gullies channels, their size, length, presence of levees and terminal deposi...

We analyze mass-flow tsunami generation for selected areas within the Aleutian arc of Alaska using results from numerical simulation of hypothetical but plausible mass-flow sources such as submarine landslides and volcanic debris avalanches. The Aleutian arc consists of a chain of volcanic mountains, volcanic islands, and submarine canyons, surrounded by a low-relief continental shelf above abo...

Abstract Debris flows pose a significant hazard to communities in mountainous areas, and there is continued need for methods delineate zones associated with debris-flow inundation. In certain situations, such as scenarios following wildfire, where could be an abrupt increase the likelihood size of debris that necessitates rapid assessment, computational demands inundation models play role their...