Seismic location and tracking of snow avalanches  and slush flows on Mt. Fuji, Japan

Pérez-Guillén, Cristina; Tsunematsu, Kae; Nishimura, Kouichi; Issler, Dieter

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-989-2019

Articles | Volume 7, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-989-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-989-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 4

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25 Oct 2019

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Seismic location and tracking of snow avalanches and slush flows on Mt. Fuji, Japan

Cristina Pérez-Guillén, Kae Tsunematsu, Kouichi Nishimura, and Dieter Issler

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RC1: 'Review of "Seismic detection and tracking of avalanches and slush flows on Mt. Fuji, Japan"', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Jul 2019
RC2: 'Revision of manuscript esurf-2019-25', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Jul 2019
AC1: 'Response to the Referees', Cristina Pérez-Guillén, 13 Aug 2019

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AR by Cristina Pérez-Guillén on behalf of the Authors (29 Aug 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (02 Sep 2019) by Richard Gloaguen

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (04 Sep 2019) by Niels Hovius (Editor)

AR by Cristina Pérez-Guillén on behalf of the Authors (22 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Avalanches and slush flows from Mt. Fuji are a major natural hazard as they may attain run-out distances of up to 4 km and destroy parts of the forest and infrastructure. We located and tracked them for the first time using seismic data. Numerical simulations were conducted to assess the precision of the seismic tracking. We also inferred dynamical properties characterizing these hazardous mass movements. This information is indispensable for assessing avalanche risk in the Mt. Fuji region.