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Processes of Sediment Supply to Alluvial Fans and Debris Cones

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Dating Torrential Processes on Fans and Cones

Part of the book series: Advances in Global Change Research ((AGLO,volume 47))

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Debris cones and alluvial fans involve a range of landform sizes from individual debris-flow lobes, through debris cones and “classic” alluvial fans, to enormous fluvial “megafans” (Harvey 2011). Within the context of this book the focus is on the intermediate scale, debris cones to “classic alluvial fans”. Such landforms are found in three main settings (Harvey 2010): mountain-front, intra-montane, and tributary-junction settings. They occur in all climatic environments, but again, within the context of this book the focus is on dry-region, and temperate upland and mountain environments.

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Acknowledgements

In this chapter, I have relied on my own published work, some of which could not have been done without the cooperation of my co-authors, particularly Richard Chiverrell, Gez Foster, Elizabeth Maher/Whitfield, Anne Mather, Pablo Silva, Martin Stokes, Steve Wells, Peter Wigand. I also thank Sandra Mather of the cartographics section of the School of Environmental Sciences/Geography of the University of Liverpool for assistance in preparing the illustrations.

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Harvey, A. (2013). Processes of Sediment Supply to Alluvial Fans and Debris Cones. In: Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, M., Stoffel, M., Rudolf-Miklau, F. (eds) Dating Torrential Processes on Fans and Cones. Advances in Global Change Research, vol 47. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4336-6_2

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