30-year record of Himalaya mass-wasting reveals landscape perturbations by extreme events

Joshua N. Jones; Sarah J. Boulton; Martin Stokes; Georgina L. Bennett; Michael R. Z. Whitworth

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26964-8

Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

30-year record of Himalaya mass-wasting reveals landscape perturbations by extreme events

Joshua N. Jones,
Sarah J. Boulton,
Martin Stokes,
Georgina L. Bennett,
Michael R. Z. Whitworth

Affiliations

Joshua N. Jones: School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park
Sarah J. Boulton: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drakes Circus
Martin Stokes: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drakes Circus
Georgina L. Bennett: College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Geography, University of Exeter, Amory Building
Michael R. Z. Whitworth: AECOM, East Wing Plumer House

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26964-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Significant mass-wasting perturbations can be caused by 5–30 year return period extreme rainfall and by earthquake induced landscape preconditioning damage.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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