The influence of debris flows on channels and valley floors in the Oregon Coast Range, U.S.A.
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
- Vol. 15 (5) , 457-466
- https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3290150508
Abstract
Debris flows are one of the most important processes which influence the morphology of channels and valley floors in the Oregon Coast Range. Debris flows that initiate in bedrock hollows at heads of first‐order basins erode the long‐accumulated sediment and organic debris from the floors of headwater, first‐ and second‐order channels. This material is deposited on valley floors in the form of fans, levees, and terraces. In channels, deposits of debris flows control the distribution of boulders. The stochastic nature of sediment supply to alluvial channels by debris flows promotes cycling between channel aggradation which results in a gravel‐bed morphology, and channel degradation which results in a mixed bedrock‐ and boulder‐bed morphology. Temporal and spatial variability of channel‐bed morphology is expected in other landscapes where debris flows are an important process.Keywords
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