The mudflow disaster at Villa Santa Lucía in Chilean Patagonia:  understandings and insights derived from numerical  simulation and postevent field surveys

Somos-Valenzuela, Marcelo A.; Oyarzún-Ulloa, Joaquín E.; Fustos-Toribio, Ivo J.; Garrido-Urzua, Natalia; Chen, Ningsheng

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2319-2020

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The mudflow disaster at Villa Santa Lucía in Chilean Patagonia: understandings and insights derived from numerical simulation and postevent field surveys

Marcelo A. Somos-Valenzuela, Joaquín E. Oyarzún-Ulloa, Ivo J. Fustos-Toribio, Natalia Garrido-Urzua, and Ningsheng Chen

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