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Professor,
Geology
876 Natural Science Complex
North Campus Office: NSC 717
Email: mfs@geology.buffalo.edu
Voice: 645-6800 ext. 3984
Fax: 716-645-3999 |
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The only house left at El Porvenir,
6 km south of summit
This is at the western edge of the breakout flow |
Quebrada at highway
28, 14 km south of summit.
Channel was filled but little overbank deposition here |
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Field team at avalanche
overbank,
From left to right:
Christophe Bonnard,
Nelson Buitrago
Trujillo (standing),
Claus Siebe (sit), Jorge Cruz Calero, <
Michael Sheridan. Wilfried Strauch took the photo.
| Quebrada about 9 km
south of summit.
This quebrada was an island of trees spared destruction
amidst the debris deposit
filled with the breakout
flood but did not flow overbank,
2 km from the slide scarp.
as evidenced by the surface vegetation. |
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View down slope from top of avalanche
deposit,
2 km a lava flow front in middle ground,
3 km south of summit |
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Damage at highway
12, 14 km south of summit.
Field team at avalanche overbank, base of slide scarp.
Rio Los Zanjones |
Upper
part of break-out deposit, avalanche deposits mantle
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