Articles | Volume 20, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2157-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2157-2020
Research article
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12 Aug 2020
Research article |  | 12 Aug 2020

Timing, drivers and impacts of the historic Masiere di Vedana rock avalanche (Belluno Dolomites, NE Italy)

Sandro Rossato, Susan Ivy-Ochs, Silvana Martin, Alfio Viganò, Christof Vockenhuber, Manuel Rigo, Giovanni Monegato, Marco De Zorzi, Nicola Surian, Paolo Campedel, and Paolo Mozzi

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (29 Apr 2020) by Paolo Tarolli
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Short summary
Rock avalanches are extremely dangerous, causing much damage worldwide. The Masiere di Vedana is a rock avalanche deposit (9 km2, 170 Mm3) in NE Italy. We dated it back to late Roman to early Middle Ages. Identified drivers are the overall structural setting, exceptional rainfall events and seismic shakings. No exceptional event is required as a trigger. When dealing with heavily deformed bedrocks, especially in inhabited areas, the occurrence of a huge event like this must be considered.
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