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Stagnation and mass loss on a Himalayan debris-covered glacier: processes, patterns and rates Open
The ablation areas of debris-covered glaciers typically consist of a complex mosaic of surface features with contrasting processes and rates of mass loss. This greatly complicates glacier response to climate change, and increases the uncer…
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HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENDIDIKAN, TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN DAN POLA ASUH IBU DENGAN WASTING DAN STUNTING PADA BALITA KELUARGA MISKIN Open
Children under five is a group that vulnerable to undernutrition, particularly wasting and stunting. Wasting and stunting are common happened in poor families. One cause of wasting and stunting is related to mother care pattern to their ch…
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Two multi-temporal datasets that track the enhanced landsliding after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake Open
We release two datasets that track the enhanced landsliding induced by the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake over a portion of the Longmen Mountains, at the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (Sichuan, China). The first dataset is a geo-r…
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Tectonic structure, evolution, and the nature of oceanic core complexes and their detachment fault zones (13°20′N and 13°30′N, Mid Atlantic Ridge) Open
Microbathymetry data, in situ observations, and sampling along the 13°20′N and 13°20′N oceanic core complexes (OCCs) reveal mechanisms of detachment fault denudation at the seafloor, links between tectonic extension and mass wasting, and e…
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Permafrost Terrain Dynamics and Infrastructure Impacts Revealed by UAV Photogrammetry and Thermal Imaging Open
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems, sensors, and photogrammetric processing techniques have enabled timely and highly detailed three-dimensional surface reconstructions at a scale that bridges the gap between conventional remote-sensing…
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Factors associated with wasting among children under five years old in South Asia: Implications for action Open
South Asia continues to carry the greatest share and number of wasted children worldwide. Understanding the determinants of wasting is important as policymakers renew efforts to tackle this persistent public health and development problem.…
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Thaw-driven mass wasting couples slopes with downstream systems, and effects propagate through Arctic drainage networks Open
The intensification of thaw-driven mass wasting is transforming glacially conditioned permafrost terrain, coupling slopes with aquatic systems, and triggering a cascade of downstream effects. Within the context of recent, rapidly evolving …
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Prediction of the area affected by earthquake-induced landsliding based on seismological parameters Open
We present an analytical, seismologically consistent expression for the surface area of the region within which most landslides triggered by an earthquake are located (landslide distribution area). This expression is based on scaling laws …
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Nourishment evolution and impacts at four southern California beaches: A sand volume analysis Open
Four southern California beaches were nourished with offshore sand placed as subaerial pads several meters thick, 50 m wide, and spanning between 500 and 1500 m alongshore. Three nourishments constructed with coarser than native sand, plac…
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Distinguishing ice-rich and ice-poor permafrost to map ground temperatures and ground ice occurrence in the Swiss Alps Open
Mountain permafrost is invisible, and mapping it is still a challenge. Available permafrost distribution maps often overestimate the permafrost extent and include large permafrost-free areas in their permafrost zonation. In addition, the r…
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A Sentinel-1 based hot-spot analysis: landslide mapping in north-western Italy Open
The 6-days repeatability of Sentinel-1 constellation allows building up an interferometric stack with unprecedented velocity. Easily updatable hot-spot analyses, frequently repeated following the update of Sentinel-1 images, represent very…
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Internal Erosion Controls Failure and Runout of Loose Granular Deposits: Evidence From Flume Tests and Implications for Postseismic Slope Healing Open
Landslides in granular soils can be highly hazardous when exhibiting flow‐like behavior. The extensive mass wasting associated with the 2008 M w = 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake (China) left several cubic kilometers of loose granular material dep…
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Granular avalanches on the Moon: Mass‐wasting conditions, processes, and features Open
Seven lunar crater sites of granular avalanches are studied utilizing high‐resolution images (0.42–1.3 m/pixel) from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera; one, in Kepler crater, is examined in detail. All the sites are slopes of debris …
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Alteration‐Induced Volcano Instability at La Soufrière de Guadeloupe (Eastern Caribbean) Open
Volcanoes are unstable structures that deform laterally and frequently experience mass wasting events. Hydrothermal alteration is often invoked as a mechanism that contributes significantly to volcano instability. We present a study that c…
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Mountain hazard susceptibility and livelihood security in the upper catchment area of the river Beas, Kullu Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India Open
Natural hazards have had significant impacts on life, livelihood and property in the mountain regions. Hazards identification in high mountain areas involved intensive and lengthy fieldwork and mapping with the interpretation of landforms …
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The mass balance of earthquakes and earthquake sequences Open
Large, compressional earthquakes cause surface uplift as well as widespread mass wasting. Knowledge of their trade‐off is fragmentary. Combining a seismologically consistent model of earthquake‐triggered landsliding and an analytical solut…
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Distinguishing between debris flows and hyperconcentrated flows: an example from the eastern Swiss Alps Open
Much research has been done on water‐rich mass flows, but the distinction between hyperconcentrated flows and debris flows, and whether the two are indeed different processes, continue to be debated. Here, we contribute to the ongoing disc…
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Sub-seasonal thaw slump mass wasting is not consistently energy limited at the landscape scale Open
Predicting future thaw slump activity requires a sound understanding of the atmospheric drivers and geomorphic controls on mass wasting across a range of timescales. On sub-seasonal timescales, sparse measurements indicate that mass wastin…
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Could road constructions be more hazardous than an earthquake in terms of mass movement? Open
Roads can have a significant impact on the frequency of mass wasting events in mountainous areas. However, characterizing the extent and pervasiveness of mass movements over time has rarely been documented due to limitations in available d…
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Mass wasting susceptibility assessment of snow avalanches using machine learning models Open
Snow avalanche is among the most harmful natural hazards with major socioeconomic and environmental destruction in the cold and mountainous regions. The devastating propagation and accumulation of the snow avalanche debris and mass wasting…
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The Influence of Frost Weathering on Debris Flow Sediment Supply in an Alpine Basin Open
Rocky, alpine mountains are prone to mass wasting from debris flows. The Chalk Cliffs study area (central Colorado, USA) produces debris flows annually. These debris flows are triggered when overland flow driven by intense summer convectiv…
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Hill slope instability of Nainital City, Kumaun Lesser Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India Open
Nainital City of Kumaun Lesser Himalaya is prone to mass wasting processes during monsoon season, which mischievously triggers the hill slope instability in this region. Slate, dolomitic limestone, silty sandstone and rhythmite of the Krol…
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Relation between planimetric and volumetric measurements of permafrost coast erosion: a case study from Herschel Island, western Canadian Arctic Open
Ice-rich permafrost coasts often undergo rapid erosion, which results in land loss and release of considerable amounts of sediment, organic carbon and nutrients, impacting the near-shore ecosystems. Because of the lack of volumetric erosio…
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Landslide features identification and morphology investigation using high-resolution DEM derivatives Open
In the last decade, development in remote sensing techniques has opened new avenues for studying the evolution of landscapes dominated by mass wasting processes. Conventional methods including field reconnaissance are time-consuming and re…
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An inventory of rock glaciers in the central British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada, from high resolution Google Earth imagery Open
Little is known about the presence, distribution, age, or activity of rock glaciers in the British Columbia Coast Mountains of western Canada. Reflecting debris accumulation and mass wasting under a periglacial climate, these rock glaciers…
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What and where are periglacial landscapes? Open
Uncertainties about landscape evolution under cold, nonglacial conditions raise a question fundamental to periglacial geomorphology: what and where are periglacial landscapes? To answer this, with an emphasis on lowland periglacial areas, …
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A Global Inventory of Ice‐Related Morphological Features on Dwarf Planet Ceres: Implications for the Evolution and Current State of the Cryosphere Open
We present a comprehensive global catalog of the geomorphological features with clear or potential relevance to subsurface ice identified during the Dawn spacecraft's primary and first extended missions at Ceres. We define eight broad feat…
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The Art of Landslides: How Stochastic Mass Wasting Shapes Topography and Influences Landscape Dynamics Open
Bedrock landslides shape topography and mobilize large volumes of sediment. Yet, interactions between landslide‐produced sediment and fluvial systems that together govern large‐scale landscape evolution are not well understood. To explain …
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Annual Sediment Transport Dynamics in the Narayani Basin, Central Nepal: Assessing the Impacts of Erosion Processes in the Annual Sediment Budget Open
Identifying the roles of erosional processes in the denudation of mountain ranges requires a better understanding of erosional sensitivity to climatic, topographic, or lithologic controls. We analyzed erosion in the Narayani River basin (d…
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Emergent characteristics of rockfall inventories captured at a regional scale Open
High‐resolution rockfall inventories captured at a regional scale are scarce. This is partly owing to difficulties in measuring the range of possible rockfall volumes with sufficient accuracy and completeness, and at a scale exceeding the …