Erosional cascade during the 2021 Melamchi flood

IF 15.7 1区地球科学 Q1 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Nature Geoscience Pub Date : 2024-12-04 DOI:10.1038/s41561-024-01596-x

Chan-Mao Chen, James Hollingsworth, Marin K. Clark, Deepak Chamlagain, Sujata Bista, Dimitrios Zekkos, Anuj Siwakoti, A. Joshua West

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Abstract

In 2021, a catastrophic flood occurred in the Melamchi Valley of Nepal, causing widely distributed erosion in Himalayan headwaters and mobilizing a large sediment volume. As the flood progressed downstream, it induced an erosional cascade, producing 100 m deep incisions into high-elevation valley fills, generating new landslides and burying the lower reaches in alluvium. This event demonstrated the destructive impact of cascading processes and their potential for reshaping the landscape.

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Nature Geoscience 地学-地球科学综合

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26.70

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1.60%

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187

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3.3 months

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