Articles | Volume 22, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-377-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-377-2022
Research article
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10 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 10 Feb 2022

A modeling methodology to study the tributary-junction alluvial fan connectivity during a debris flow event

Alex Garcés, Gerardo Zegers, Albert Cabré, Germán Aguilar, Aldo Tamburrino, and Santiago Montserrat

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We propose a workflow to model the response of an alluvial fan located in the Atacama Desert during an extreme storm event. For this alluvial fan, five different deposits were identified and associated with different debris flow surges. Using a commercial software program, our workflow concatenates these surges into one model. This study depicts the significance of the mechanical classification of debris flows to reproduce how an alluvial fan controls the tributary–river junction connectivity.
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