Sisson says that with one exception--the Electron
Mudflow, about 600 years ago--all of Mount Rainier's lahars occurred during periods associated with volcanic activity, when eruptions also laid down tephra deposits.
Called a
mudflow, the wet soil sweeps downhill and picks up everything in its path, including people, he says.
Data Korban Lumpur Lapindo (data of the Lapindo
mudflow victims), retrieved 29 June 2007.
Nine years after a noxious
mudflow nicknamed Lusi started spilling out of the earth in East Java, the origin of this mud volcano still remains a highly disputed matter.
Mudflow (is a) river of liquid and flowing (emphasis added) mud on the surfaces of normally dry land areas, as when earth is carried by a current of water.
Mudflow means a river of liquid and flowing mud on the surfaces of normally dry land, as when earth is carried by a current of water.
destruction in 1973 by catching a disastrous
mudflow rushing down the
Among the 34 included papers, topics discussed are methods of population warning and communication in the case of landslips, large artificial water reservoirs and dams as critical risk objects in Armenia, prevention and intervention in the case of catastrophes in the Moldava area of Romania,
mudflow protection in the city of Yerevan, and licensing and controlling mining operations to prevent emergencies.
Volcanologists plan to install three so-called ''acoustic flow measurement'' devices in rivers originating from the volcano for early detection of volcanic
mudflow.
In
mudflow areas, build channels or deflection walls to direct the flow around buildings," he said.
The pressure of the accumulated water and heavy downpour triggered the landslide and the
mudflow engulfed three houses along its path.