Spatiotemporal patterns, triggers and anatomies  of seismically detected rockfalls

Dietze, Michael; Turowski, Jens M.; Cook, Kristen L.; Hovius, Niels

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-757-2017

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29 Nov 2017

Research article |

| 29 Nov 2017

Spatiotemporal patterns, triggers and anatomies of seismically detected rockfalls

Michael Dietze, Jens M. Turowski, Kristen L. Cook, and Niels Hovius

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SC1: 'Review by Agnes Helmstetter', agnes helmstetter, 27 May 2017
RC1: 'Spatiotemporal patterns and triggers of seismically detected rockfalls', Didier Hantz, 04 Jul 2017
RC2: 'Review comments on “Spatiotemporal patterns and triggers of seismically detected rockfalls”', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Aug 2017
AC1: 'Final Response', Michael Dietze, 04 Sep 2017

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by Editor) (25 Sep 2017) by Simon Mudd

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ED: Publish as is (16 Oct 2017) by Simon Mudd

ED: Publish as is (16 Oct 2017) by Frédéric Herman (Editor)

AR by Michael Dietze on behalf of the Authors (23 Oct 2017)

Short summary

Rockfall is an essential geomorphic process and a hazard in steep landscapes which is hard to constrain with traditional approaches. Seismic methods allow for the detection, location, characterisation and linking of events to triggers by lag times. This new technique reveals 49 rockfalls in 6 months with seasonally varying locations. Freeze–thaw action accounts for only 5 events, whereas 19 rockfalls were caused by rain with a 1 h peak lag time, and 17 events were due to diurnal thermal forcing.