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Research article |
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Increased nonstationarity of stormflow threshold behaviors in a forested watershed due to abrupt earthquake disturbance
Guotao Zhang
Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of
Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
Peng Cui
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of
Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
China–Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences, Chinese
Academy of Sciences and Higher Education Commission, 45320 Islamabad, Pakistan
Carlo Gualtieri
Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
Nazir Ahmed Bazai
China–Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences, Chinese
Academy of Sciences and Higher Education Commission, 45320 Islamabad, Pakistan
Xueqin Zhang
Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of
Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
Zhengtao Zhang
The Key Laboratory of Environmental Change and Natural Disaster,
Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China
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Short summary
This study used identified stormflow thresholds as a diagnostic tool to characterize abrupt variations in catchment emergent patterns pre- and post-earthquake. Earthquake-induced landslides with spatial heterogeneity and temporally undulating recovery increase the hydrologic nonstationary; thus, large post-earthquake floods are more likely to occur. This study contributes to mitigation and adaptive strategies for unpredictable hydrologic regimes triggered by abrupt natural disturbances.
This study used identified stormflow thresholds as a diagnostic tool to characterize abrupt...
