EARTH'S PORTFOLIO OF EXTREME

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT EVENTS

A quantitative study journal
BY OLIVER
KORUP
One of his expertise is Sedimentology

Professor of Geohazards

216 publish journal

It was published February 24, 2021

 TERMINOLOGIES

Sediment Flux Sediment Sediment yield

 IT'S ALL ABOUT
Quantitative estimates of sediment flux and the global
cycling of sediments from hillslopes to rivers,
estuaries, deltas, continental shelves, and deep-sea
basins have a long research tradition. In this context,
extremely large and commensurately rare sediment
transport events have so far eluded a systematic
analysis.

Review some of the highest reported sediment yields

in mountain rivers impacted by volcanic eruptions,
earthquake- and storm-triggered landslide episodes, Sample of sediment yield
and catastrophic dam breaks
 CAUSES OF SEDIMENTATION

Extreme sediment transport Extreme sediment transport

events in Mountain Rivers by giant mass movements

Sediment yields Regional Failure of Giant submarine Giant terrestrial

following landslide natural dams mass movements mass movements
volcanic episodes

eruptions
 EXTREME SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
EVENTS IN MOUNTAIN RIVERS
SEDIMENT YIELDS FOLLOWING VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

Explosive volcanic eruptions produce

highly erodible pyroclastic deposits
that mantle volcanic flanks and may
blanket or even obliter-ate river
valleys (Lavigne and Thouret, 2002;
Major, 2004; Gran and Montgomery, Volcanic Eruption
2005; Manville et al., 2005; Carrivick
et al., 2010).
 REGIONAL
LANDSLIDE EPISODES
Earthquakes, rainstorms, and snow-
melt events trigger regional-scale
mass wasting episodes entailing
between tens and tens of thousands
of landslides (Crozier, 2005),
creating excess sediment to be
flushed through the drainage
Mold Fossil of a Shell
network.
 FAILURE OF NATURAL DAMS

Catastrophic outburst floods and

debris flows following the sudden
failure of landslide, ice, glacier,
and volcanogenic dams
significantly modulate sediment
transport in mountain rivers
Natural dam
(Korup and Tweed, 2007; O'Connor,
and Beebee, 2009; Manville, 2010).
EXTREME SEDIMENT TRANSPORT BY
GIANT MASS MOVEMENTS

GIANT TERRESTRIAL MASS MOVEMENTS

Terrestrial mass movements (i.e. cliff

collapses, soil creeps, mudflows,
landslides etc.) are severe forms of
natural disasters mostly occurring in
mountainous terrain, which is subjected
to specific geological, geomorphological
Terrestrial movement
and climatological conditions, as well
as to human activities
 GIANT SUBMARINE MASS
MOVEMENTS
Submarine mass

movements
represent major offshore geohazards
due to their destructive and tsunami-
generation potential. How mass
movements could occur, and what
role these events play in continental-
slope evolution.
Tsunami cause of river
movement
 CONCLUSION
Earth's most spectacular sediment
transport largely involves and due to
Extreme sediment transport events in
Mountain Rivers
Sediment yields following
volcanic eruptions
Regional landslide episodes
Failure of natural dams
Extreme sediment transport by giant
mass movements
Giant terrestrial mass movements
Giant submarine mass movements
IMPORTANT OF THIS
STUDY/RECCOMENDATION
It is impotant to determine whether
erosion or deposition will occur, the
magnitude of this erosion or deposition,
and the time and distance over which it
will occur. However, with land use changes,
e.g., deforestation and construction;
agricultural practices; and development
activities, accelerated erosion rates is
ubiquitous. By studying extreme sediment
transport event help us to become ready,
leasen the things that have impact on
sediment transportation and as AB
Engineer lets contribute positive impact.
THANK
YOU!