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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-761-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-761-2022
Research article
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29 Jul 2022
Research article |  | 29 Jul 2022

Controls on earthflow formation in the Teanaway River basin, central Washington State, USA

Sarah A. Schanz and A. Peyton Colee

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We mapped and dated 187 earthflows to determine controls on earthflow formation and resulting topographic changes in the Teanaway basin, central Washington State, USA. Using a new relative dating technique and absolute dating, we find that 25 % of earthflows were active in the last ~500 years. Earthflows are lithologically controlled, actively narrow valleys, and increase sediment loads.