| Issue |
E3S Web of Conf.
Volume 415, 2023
8th International Conference on Debris Flow Hazard Mitigation (DFHM8)
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| Article Number | 03024 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Monitoring, Detection and Warning | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202341503024 | |
| Published online | 18 August 2023 | |
Bedrock Erosion by Debris Flows at Chalk Cliffs, Colorado, USA: Implications for Bedrock Channel Evolution
1 U.S. Geological Survey, Landslide Hazards Program, 1711 Illinois St., Golden, Colorado, USA
2 Maxar, 1300 W 120th Avenue, Westminster, Colorado, USA
3 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Federal Center, Colorado, USA
* Corresponding author: frengers@usgs.gov
Debris flow erosion into bedrock helps to set the pace of mountain denudation, but there are few empirical observations of this process. We studied the effects of debris flows on bedrock erosion using Structure-From-Motion photogrammetry and multiple real-time monitoring measurements. We found that the distribution of bedrock erosion across the channel cross-section could be generalized as an exponentially decreasing function of height above the channel thalweg. Using this empirical function, we simulated the erosion at a cross-section after the theoretical passage of a migrating knickpoint effectively matching the upstream pre-knickpoint cross-sectional shape to the downstream post-knickpoint cross-sectional shape via debris-flow bedrock erosion.
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