In geology, it would be known as a debris flow.
A debris flow that passed through the Monrovia Nursery went on to Foothill and beyond.
The hotter the fire, the more likely a debris flow — and the greater the volume when it comes.
"And if there is a debris flow," he continued, "we'll know exactly how much material came out of the basin".
A debris flow hit the gym at Azusa Pacific College and knocked a large hole in the upslope wall.
And if the mountain glacier melted as a result of an eruption, it could create a "debris flow" cascading down the mountain, officials said.
A debris flow hit the cabin, broke through a wall, and delivered three feet of mud, innumerable rocks, and one oak to the Ingersolls.
The setting up of a debris flow is a little like the charging of an eighteenth-century muzzle-loader: the ramrod, the powder, the wadding, the shot.
Maybe particles in a debris flow behave like gas molecules in a balloon – they collide with one another, exert pressures and help keep themselves suspended.
The ultimate depth of a scour pit downstream of a debris flow sabo dam is an important design parameter in determining the foundation bearing depth of a debris flow for Sabo dam.
TAKES excerpt from from "Los Angeles Against the Mountains" (The Control of Nature), September 26 , 1988 describing a debris flow, or mudslide, in California.
