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Sediment storage and release from Himalayan piggyback basins and implications for downstream river morphology and evolution (2015)
Journal Article
Densmore, A., Sinha, R., Sinha, S., Tandon, S., & Jain, V. (2016). Sediment storage and release from Himalayan piggyback basins and implications for downstream river morphology and evolution. Basin Research, 28(4), 446-461. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12116

Piggyback basins developed at the mountain fronts of collisional orogens can act as important, and transient, sediment stores along major river systems. It is not clear, however, how the storage and release of sediment in piggyback basins affects the... Read More about Sediment storage and release from Himalayan piggyback basins and implications for downstream river morphology and evolution.

Controls on fluvial evacuation of sediment from earthquake-triggered landslides (2015)
Journal Article
Wang, J., Jin, Z., Hilton, R., Zhang, F., Densmore, A., Li, G., & West, A. (2015). Controls on fluvial evacuation of sediment from earthquake-triggered landslides. Geology, 43(2), 115-118. https://doi.org/10.1130/g36157.1

Large earthquakes in active mountain belts can trigger landslides, which mobilize large volumes of clastic sediment. Delivery of this material to river channels may result in aggradation and flooding, while sediment residing on hillslopes may increas... Read More about Controls on fluvial evacuation of sediment from earthquake-triggered landslides.

A multi-dimensional stability model for predicting shallow landslide size and shape across landscapes (2014)
Journal Article
Milledge, D., Bellugi, D., McKean, J., Densmore, A., & Dietrich, W. (2014). A multi-dimensional stability model for predicting shallow landslide size and shape across landscapes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 119(11), 2481-2504. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014jf003135

The size of a shallow landslide is a fundamental control on both its hazard and geomorphic importance. Existing models are either unable to predict landslide size or are computationally intensive such that they cannot practically be applied across la... Read More about A multi-dimensional stability model for predicting shallow landslide size and shape across landscapes.

Low-cost inundation modelling at the reach scale with sparse data in the Lower Damodar River basin, India (2014)
Journal Article
Sanyal, J., Carbonneau, P., & Densmore, A. (2014). Low-cost inundation modelling at the reach scale with sparse data in the Lower Damodar River basin, India. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 59(12), 2086-2102. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2014.884718

Data unavailability is the main reason for limited applications of hydrodynamic models for predicting inundation in the developing world. This paper aims to generate moderately high-resolution hybrid terrain data by merging height information from lo... Read More about Low-cost inundation modelling at the reach scale with sparse data in the Lower Damodar River basin, India.

Analysing the effect of land use/cover changes at sub-catchment levels on downstream flood peaks: a semi-distributed modelling approach with sparse data (2014)
Journal Article
Sanyal, J., Densmore, A., & Carbonneau, P. (2014). Analysing the effect of land use/cover changes at sub-catchment levels on downstream flood peaks: a semi-distributed modelling approach with sparse data. CATENA, 118, 28-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2014.01.015

This paper aims to evaluate how varying degrees of land-use/cover (LULC) changes across sub-catchments affect a flood peak at the catchment outlet. The study site was the Konar catchment, a part of the upper Damodar Basin in eastern India. A HEC-HMS... Read More about Analysing the effect of land use/cover changes at sub-catchment levels on downstream flood peaks: a semi-distributed modelling approach with sparse data.

2D finite element inundation modelling in anabranching channels with sparse data: examination of uncertainties (2014)
Journal Article
Sanyal, J., Densmore, A., & Carbonneau, P. (2014). 2D finite element inundation modelling in anabranching channels with sparse data: examination of uncertainties. Water Resources Management, 28(8), 2351-2366. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-014-0619-x

Flood inundation modelling in developing countries is severely limited by the lack of high resolution terrain data and suitable imagery to map flood extents. This study assessed the predictive uncertainty of modelled flood extents generated from TELE... Read More about 2D finite element inundation modelling in anabranching channels with sparse data: examination of uncertainties.

Dilution of 10Be in detrital quartz by earthquake-induced landslides: Implications for determining denudation rates and potential to provide insights into landslide sediment dynamics (2014)
Journal Article
West, A., Hetzel, R., Li, G., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Hilton, R., & Densmore, A. (2014). Dilution of 10Be in detrital quartz by earthquake-induced landslides: Implications for determining denudation rates and potential to provide insights into landslide sediment dynamics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 396, 143-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.058

The concentration of 10Be in detrital quartz (10Beqtz) from river sediments is now widely used to quantify catchment-wide denudation rates but may also be sensitive to inputs from bedrock landslides that deliver sediment with low 10Beqtz. Major lands... Read More about Dilution of 10Be in detrital quartz by earthquake-induced landslides: Implications for determining denudation rates and potential to provide insights into landslide sediment dynamics.

Seismic mountain building: Landslides associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in the context of a generalized model for earthquake volume balance (2014)
Journal Article
Li, G., West, A., Densmore, A., Jin, Z., Parker, R., & Hilton, R. (2014). Seismic mountain building: Landslides associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in the context of a generalized model for earthquake volume balance. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(4), 833-844. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013gc005067

Here we assess earthquake volume balance and the growth of mountains in the context of a new landslide inventory for the Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake in central China. Coseismic landslides were mapped from high-resolution remote imagery using an automa... Read More about Seismic mountain building: Landslides associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in the context of a generalized model for earthquake volume balance.

Dating fan deposits with cosmogenic radionuclides (2013)
Book Chapter
Ivy-Ochs, S., Duehnforth, M., Densmore, A., & Alfimov, V. (2013). Dating fan deposits with cosmogenic radionuclides. In M. Schneuwly-Bollschweiler, M. Stoffel, & F. Rudolf-Miklau (Eds.), Dating Torrential Processes on Fans and Cones (243-263). Springer Verlag

Hydraulic routing of extreme floods in a large ungauged river and the estimation of associated uncertainties: a case study of the Damodar River, India (2013)
Journal Article
Sanyal, J., Carbonneau, P., & Densmore, A. (2013). Hydraulic routing of extreme floods in a large ungauged river and the estimation of associated uncertainties: a case study of the Damodar River, India. Natural Hazards, 66(2), 1153-1177. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-012-0540-7

Many developing countries are very vulnerable to flood risk since they are located in climatic zones characterised by extreme precipitation events, such as cyclones and heavy monsoon rainfall. Adequate flood mitigation requires a routing mechanism th... Read More about Hydraulic routing of extreme floods in a large ungauged river and the estimation of associated uncertainties: a case study of the Damodar River, India.

Sakurajima volcano: a physico-chemical study of the health consequences of long-term exposure to volcanic ash (2012)
Journal Article
Hillman, S., Horwell, C., Densmore, A., Damby, D., Fubini, B., Ishimine, Y., & Tomatis, M. (2012). Sakurajima volcano: a physico-chemical study of the health consequences of long-term exposure to volcanic ash. Bulletin of Volcanology, 74(4), 913-930. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-012-0575-3

Regular eruptions from Sakurajima volcano, Japan, repeatedly cover local urban areas with volcanic ash. The frequency of exposure of local populations to the ash led to substantial concerns about possible respiratory health hazards, resulting in many... Read More about Sakurajima volcano: a physico-chemical study of the health consequences of long-term exposure to volcanic ash.

Dynamic controls on erosion and deposition on debris-flow fans (2011)
Journal Article
Schürch, P., Densmore, A., Rosser, N., & McArdell, B. (2011). Dynamic controls on erosion and deposition on debris-flow fans. Geology, 39(9), 827-830. https://doi.org/10.1130/g32103.1

Debris flows are among the most hazardous and unpredictable of surface processes in mountainous areas. This is partly because debris-flow erosion and deposition are poorly understood, resulting in major uncertainties in flow behavior, channel stabili... Read More about Dynamic controls on erosion and deposition on debris-flow fans.

The role of late Quaternary upper-crustal faults in the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (2010)
Journal Article
Densmore, A., Li, Y., Richardson, N., Zhou, R., Ellis, M., & Zhang, Y. (2010). The role of late Quaternary upper-crustal faults in the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100(5B), 2700-2712. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120090294

The role of upper-crustal faulting in building and maintaining the extreme relief of the Longmen Shan region at the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau has been strongly debated. The Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008 ruptured three distinct... Read More about The role of late Quaternary upper-crustal faults in the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.

The role of landslides in mountain range evolution (2010)
Journal Article
Korup, O., Densmore, A., & Schlunegger, F. (2010). The role of landslides in mountain range evolution. Geomorphology, 120(1-2), 77-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.09.017

We review the role of landslides in current concepts of the topographic development of mountain ranges. We find that many studies in this field address basin- or orogen-scale competition between rock uplift and fluvial bedrock erosion. Hillslopes in... Read More about The role of landslides in mountain range evolution.

Did incision of the Three Gorges begin in the Eocene? (2010)
Journal Article
Richardson, N., Densmore, A., Seward, D., Wipf, M., & Li, Y. (2010). Did incision of the Three Gorges begin in the Eocene?. Geology, 38(6), 551-554. https://doi.org/10.1130/g30527.1

Like the other large river systems that drain the area of the India-Asia collision, the Yangtze River was assembled through a series of Cenozoic capture events. These events are important for orogenic erosion and sediment delivery, but their timing r... Read More about Did incision of the Three Gorges begin in the Eocene?.

Spatial variations in catchment-averaged denudation rates from normal fault footwalls (2009)
Journal Article
Densmore, A., Hetzel, R., Ivy-Ochs, S., Krugh, W., Dawers, N., & Kubik, P. (2009). Spatial variations in catchment-averaged denudation rates from normal fault footwalls. Geology, 37(12), 1139-1142. https://doi.org/10.1130/g30164a.1

We test the spatial correspondence between rock uplift in active normal fault footwalls in the western USA, and catchment-averaged denudation rates from cosmogenic radionuclide (CRN) analysis. We find that denudation rates vary along strike, dependin... Read More about Spatial variations in catchment-averaged denudation rates from normal fault footwalls.