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Seismic location and tracking of snow avalanches and slush flows on Mt. Fuji, Japan
Cristina Pérez-Guillén
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University,
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
RISKNAT Natural Hazards Research Group, Geomodels Research Institute, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Kae Tsunematsu
Mount Fuji Research Institute, Yamanashi Prefectural Government, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan
Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
Kouichi Nishimura
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University,
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Dieter Issler
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo, Norway
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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.
Avalanches and slush flows from Mt. Fuji are a major natural hazard as they may attain run-out...
