The Influence of Landslides on Sediment Dynamics from Source to Sink

Session ID#: 118355

Session Description:
Landslides shape Earth's surface and are a dominant source of sediment. Sediment routing systems then act as conveyor belts, evacuating landslide-produced sediment and transporting it to depocenters. Landslide-derived sediment can be deposited, stored, remobilized, and physically and chemically altered during its journey from source to sink. Understanding sediment generation by landslides, as well as interactions between landslides and sediment dynamics, is important for predicting the response of Earth's surface to past and future environmental changes and for mitigating natural hazards.
This session invites research studying the role of landslides in a source-to-sink framework over all space and timescales. We seek submissions exploring the role of climate, tectonics, and human impacts on the formation of landslides and their associated sediment dynamics. We especially encourage studies investigating dynamic feedbacks among landslides, sediment routing processes, and human modification to landscapes. We welcome contributions using any combination of field, experimental, theoretical or numerical approaches.
Co-Organized:
  • NH - Natural Hazards
Index Terms:

1810 Debris flow and landslides [HYDROLOGY]
1824 Geomorphology: general [HYDROLOGY]
1834 Human impacts [HYDROLOGY]
4316 Physical modeling [NATURAL HAZARDS]


Primary Convener:  Benjamin Campforts, University of Colorado Boulder, INSTAAR, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  Charles Shobe, West Virginia University, Morgantown, United States, Annette Patton, University of Oregon, Department of Earth Sciences, Eugene, United States and Alison R Duvall, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Benjamin Campforts, University of Colorado Boulder, INSTAAR, Boulder, United States