Relationship between rainfall and debris flow occurrence in the Crocker Range of Sabah, Malaysia

Debris flow occurences are quite common in mountainous areas such as those in the Crocker Range of Sabah, Malaysia especially during prolonged heavy rainfall. Despite the recurrence of debris flows in the area, not much information is known about the effect of rainfall on their occurrences. Based on...

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Main Authors: Edgar Jr. Joe, Felix Tongkul, Rodeano Roslee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/24789/1/Relationship%20between%20rainfall%20and%20debris%20flow%20occurrence%20in%20the%20Crocker%20Range%20of%20Sabah.pdf
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description Debris flow occurences are quite common in mountainous areas such as those in the Crocker Range of Sabah, Malaysia especially during prolonged heavy rainfall. Despite the recurrence of debris flows in the area, not much information is known about the effect of rainfall on their occurrences. Based on the rainfall intensity-duration of two selected case studies at Jalan Penampang-Tambunan KM38.80 and Jalan Tamparuli-Ranau KM83.90, the debris flow threshold for the Crocker Range cases are approximate to that proposed by Montgomery et al. (2000) given by the equation of I = 9.9D-0.52 which is generally low. This implies that low-intensity rainfall is sufficient to trigger debris flows due to high availability of loose material and weak geological condition.
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spelling ums.eprints-247892020-01-31T00:56:45Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/24789/ Relationship between rainfall and debris flow occurrence in the Crocker Range of Sabah, Malaysia Edgar Jr. Joe Felix Tongkul Rodeano Roslee Q Science (General) QE Geology Debris flow occurences are quite common in mountainous areas such as those in the Crocker Range of Sabah, Malaysia especially during prolonged heavy rainfall. Despite the recurrence of debris flows in the area, not much information is known about the effect of rainfall on their occurrences. Based on the rainfall intensity-duration of two selected case studies at Jalan Penampang-Tambunan KM38.80 and Jalan Tamparuli-Ranau KM83.90, the debris flow threshold for the Crocker Range cases are approximate to that proposed by Montgomery et al. (2000) given by the equation of I = 9.9D-0.52 which is generally low. This implies that low-intensity rainfall is sufficient to trigger debris flows due to high availability of loose material and weak geological condition. 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/24789/1/Relationship%20between%20rainfall%20and%20debris%20flow%20occurrence%20in%20the%20Crocker%20Range%20of%20Sabah.pdf Edgar Jr. Joe and Felix Tongkul and Rodeano Roslee (2018) Relationship between rainfall and debris flow occurrence in the Crocker Range of Sabah, Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Geosciences (MJG), 2 (1). pp. 18-29. ISSN 2521-0920 https://doi.org/10.26480/mjg.01.2018.18.29
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title Relationship between rainfall and debris flow occurrence in the Crocker Range of Sabah, Malaysia
title_full Relationship between rainfall and debris flow occurrence in the Crocker Range of Sabah, Malaysia
title_fullStr Relationship between rainfall and debris flow occurrence in the Crocker Range of Sabah, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between rainfall and debris flow occurrence in the Crocker Range of Sabah, Malaysia
title_short Relationship between rainfall and debris flow occurrence in the Crocker Range of Sabah, Malaysia
title_sort relationship between rainfall and debris flow occurrence in the crocker range of sabah malaysia
topic Q Science (General)
QE Geology
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