Estuary News, December 2017

San Francisco Estuary Partnership (SFEP) | December 15th, 2017

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Fire (plus) flood (equals) beach: coastal response to an exceptional river sediment discharge event

Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | March 9th, 2022

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Wildfire and post-fire rainfall have resounding effects on hillslope processes and sediment yields of mountainous landscapes. Yet, it remains unclear how fire–flood se

Fire influence on land–water interactions in aridland catchments

Oxford University Press (OUP) | January 9th, 2025

Summary

Wildfires have increased in size, frequency, and intensity in arid regions of the western United States because of human activity, changing land use, and rising temperatu

Framing the Problem of Flood Risk and Flood Management in Metropolitan Los Angeles

American Meteorological Society (AMS) | January 1st, 2023

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This paper develops the concept of flood problem framing to understand decision-makers’ priorities in flood risk management in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Region in Ca

Grain size and sediment storage explain why postfire debris flows are absent in some mountainous landscapes

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | September 25th, 2026

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Postfire debris flow occurrence varies widely in mountainous landscapes, even under similar rainfall conditions. To understand why, we investigated two burned landscapes

Influence of fine particle content in debris flows on alluvial fan morphology

Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | December 16th, 2022

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Alluvial fans are large-scale depositional structures commonly found at the base of mountain ranges. They are relatively soil-rich compared to the rocky terrains, or catc

Lahar Hazard Zones for Eruption-Generated Lahars in the Lassen Volcanic Center, California

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) | September 25th, 2012

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Lahars, Indonesian for volcanic mudflows or debris-flows, are a rapidly flowing mixture of rock debris and water that originates on the slopes of a volcano. Lahar generat

Landslide-channel feedbacks amplify channel widening during floods

Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | January 24th, 2025

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Managing for Future Risks of Fire, Extreme Precipitation, and Post-fire Flooding

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) | September 30th, 2016

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On September 22–23, 2014, 23 scientists, resource managers, and urban planners convened in Las Vegas, Nevada, to discuss research and management needs related to seve

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