Articles | Volume 10, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1489-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-1489-2019
Research article
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03 Sep 2019
Research article |  | 03 Sep 2019

Spatio-temporal dynamics of sediment transfer systems in landslide-prone Alpine catchments

François Clapuyt, Veerle Vanacker, Marcus Christl, Kristof Van Oost, and Fritz Schlunegger

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Using state-of-the-art geomorphic techniques, we quantified a 2-order of magnitude discrepancy between annual, decadal, and millennial sediment fluxes of a landslide-affected mountainous river catchment in the Swiss Alps. Our results illustrate that the impact of a single sediment pulse is strongly attenuated at larger spatial and temporal scales by sediment transport. The accumulation of multiple sediment pulses has rather a measurable impact on the regional pattern of sediment fluxes.