Sediment flux from a mountain belt derived by landslide mapping

Research Article| March 01, 1997 Sediment flux from a mountain belt derived by landslide mapping Niels Hovius; Niels Hovius 1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, United Kingdom Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Colin P. Stark; Colin P. Stark 2Géosciences, Université de Rennes, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Philip A. Allen Philip A. Allen 1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, United Kingdom Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Niels Hovius 1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, United Kingdom Colin P. Stark 2Géosciences, Université de Rennes, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes, France Philip A. Allen 1Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PR, United Kingdom Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1997) 25 (3): 231–234. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1997)0252.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Niels Hovius, Colin P. Stark, Philip A. Allen; Sediment flux from a mountain belt derived by landslide mapping. Geology 1997;; 25 (3): 231–234. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1997)0252.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract In humid uplands landsliding is the dominant mass wasting process. In the western Southern Alps of New Zealand landslides are scale invariant and have a power-law magnitude frequency distribution. Independent studies from other regions suggest that this is a general property of landsliding. This observation is of critical importance to the evaluation of the impact of events of different length scales over different time intervals on landscape evolution. It is particularly useful when estimating regional geomorphic rates, because it constrains the frequency and overall significance of extreme events, which cannot otherwise be evaluated. By integrating the complete response of the system, we estimate the regional denudation rate due to landsliding to be 9 ± 4 mm yr −1. Sediment discharge from the western Southern Alps is dominated by landslide-derived material. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.