| Measurements of pore-fluid pressure and total bed-normal stress at the base of several approximately 10 cubic meters experimental debris flows provide new insight into the process of debris-flow deposition. Pore-fluid pressures nearly sufficient to cause liquefaction were developed and maintained during flow mobilization and acceleration, persisted in debris-flow interiors during flow deceleration and deposition, and dissipated significantly only during postdepositional sediment consolidation. -- Major and Iverson, 1999 |
