Articles | Volume 9, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-1481-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-1481-2021
Research article
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29 Nov 2021
Research article |  | 29 Nov 2021

A 4000-year debris flow record based on amphibious investigations of fan delta activity in Plansee (Austria, Eastern Alps)

Carolin Kiefer, Patrick Oswald, Jasper Moernaut, Stefano Claudio Fabbri, Christoph Mayr, Michael Strasser, and Michael Krautblatter

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on esurf-2021-23', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Apr 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Carolin Kiefer, 03 Jul 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on esurf-2021-23', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 May 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Carolin Kiefer, 03 Jul 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Carolin Kiefer on behalf of the Authors (09 Jul 2021)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Jul 2021) by Jens Turowski
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (23 Aug 2021)
RR by Anne Bernhardt (30 Aug 2021)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (31 Aug 2021) by Jens Turowski
AR by Carolin Kiefer on behalf of the Authors (20 Sep 2021)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (20 Sep 2021) by Jens Turowski
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (11 Oct 2021) by A. Joshua West (Editor)
AR by Carolin Kiefer on behalf of the Authors (21 Oct 2021)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
This study provides amphibious investigations of debris flow fans (DFFs). We characterize active DFFs, combining laser scan and sonar surveys at Plansee. We discover a 4000-year debris flow record in sediment cores, providing evidence for a 7-fold debris flow frequency increase in the 20th and 21st centuries, coincident with 2-fold enhanced rainstorm activity in the northern European Alps. Our results indicate climate change as being the main factor controlling debris flow activity.