Magnitude and frequency of debris and slush flows in the Khibiny mountain valleys, Kola Peninsula, NW Russia

• Published in: Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences
• Main Authors: Garankina, Ekaterina V., Belyaev, Vladimir R., Romanenko, Fedor A., Ivanov, Maxim M., Kuzmenkova, Natalia V., Gurinov, Artem L., Tulyakov, Egor D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Khibiny; Kola Peninsula; kola peninsula
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-381-37-2019; https://piahs.copernicus.org/articles/381/37/2019/

Available results for five studied valleys of the Khibiny Mountains, Kola Peninsula, suggest that slush flows and, possibly for some valleys, typical debris flows with lower frequency, are a leading mechanism for downstream sediment delivery and valley floor topographical formation. Typical fluvial...