Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 5
Articles | Volume 21, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-1615-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-1615-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 21, issue 5
Research article
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27 May 2021
Research article |  | 27 May 2021

Controls on the formation and size of potential landslide dams and dammed lakes in the Austrian Alps

Anne-Laure Argentin, Jörg Robl, Günther Prasicek, Stefan Hergarten, Daniel Hölbling, Lorena Abad, and Zahra Dabiri

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This study relies on topography to simulate the origin and displacement of potentially river-blocking landslides. It highlights a continuous range of simulated landslide dams that go unnoticed in the field due to their small scale. The computation results show that landslide-dammed lake volume can be estimated from upstream drainage area and landslide volume, thus enabling an efficient hazard assessment of possible landslide-dammed lake volume – and flooding magnitude in case of dam failure.
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