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- Title
Description and numerical modelling of the October 2000 Nora debris flow, Northwestern Italian Alps.
- Authors
Pirulli, Marina; Marco, Federica
- Abstract
The Nora alluvial fan, which is located in the Orco River valley (Piedmont region, Italy), was affected by a debris flow of approximately 10 000 m3 in October 2000. The event was triggered by heavy rainfall that affected the whole Piedmont region at that time. The mobilization of the water-satured altered gneissic bedrock and colluvium in the upper zone of the Nora basin resulted in the detachment of a debris slide, which rapidly evolved into a channelized noncohesive debris flow. As information from post-event surveys and two pre-event digital elevation models (DEMs), with different resolutions, were available for the study site, the dynamics of the event has been numerically back-analyzed using the numerical code RASH3D. The obtained results have shown both the capability of the code to simulate the dynamics of a noncohesive debris flow, including the final deposit depth distribution, and the importance of on-site surveys and digital elevation model (DEM) resolution in interpreting numerical results and the associated calibrated rheological parameters.
- Subjects
ORCO River Valley (Italy); ITALY; ALLUVIAL fans; DEBRIS avalanches; NUMERICAL analysis; RHEOLOGY; NORA (Extinct city)
- Publication
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2010, Vol 47, Issue 2, p135
- ISSN
0008-3674
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/T09-082