Factors controlling erosion/deposition phenomena related to lahars at
Volcán de Colima, Mexico

Vázquez, Rosario; Capra, Lucia; Coviello, Velio

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1881-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1881-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1881-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 8

Research article

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15 Aug 2016

Research article |

| 15 Aug 2016

Factors controlling erosion/deposition phenomena related to lahars at Volcán de Colima, Mexico

Rosario Vázquez, Lucia Capra, and Velio Coviello

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Preprint (discussion started on 12 May 2016)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee's comments - R CIONI', Raffaello Cioni, 04 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'Response to the comments of Raffaello Cioni from the authors', Rosario Vázquez, 06 Jul 2016
RC2: 'Referee comment', Lizeth Caballero, 21 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'Response to the comments of Lizeth Caballero from the authors', Rosario Vázquez, 06 Jul 2016

Short summary

We present the morphological changes experienced by Montegrande ravine (Volcán de Colima, Mexico) during the 2013, 2014 and 2015 rainy seasons. A total of 11 lahars occurred during this period of time, and their erosion/deposition effects were quantified by means of cross sections and rainfall analysis. The major factors controlling the E/D rates are the channel-bed slope, the cross-section width, the flow depth and the joint effect of sediment availability and accumulated rainfall.