IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/zib/zbnmjg/v2y2018i1p18-29.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Relationship Between Rainfall and Debris Flow Occurren ce in the Crocker Range of Sabah, Malaysia

Author

Listed:
  • Edgar Jr. Joe

    (Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.)

  • Rodeano Roslee

    (Natural Disaster Research Centre (NDRC), Universiti Malaysia Sabah)

  • Felix Tongkul

    (Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah)

Abstract

Debris flow occurrence are quite common in mountainous areas such as those in the Crocker Range of Sabah, Malaysia especially during prolonged heavy rainfall. Despite of the recurrence of debris flows in the area, not much information is known about the effect of rainfall on their occurrences. Based on the rainfall intensity-duration of two selected case studies at Jalan Penampang-Tambunan KM38.80 and Jalan Tamparuli-Ranau KM83.90, the debris flow threshold for the Crocker Range cases are approximate to that proposed by Montgomery et al. (2000) given by the equation of I = 9.9D-0.52 which is generally low. This implies that low-intensity rainfall is sufficient to trigger debris flows due to high availability of loose material and weak geological condition.

Suggested Citation

  • Edgar Jr. Joe & Rodeano Roslee & Felix Tongkul, 2018. "Relationship Between Rainfall and Debris Flow Occurren ce in the Crocker Range of Sabah, Malaysia," Malaysian Journal of Geosciences (MJG), Zibeline International Publishing, vol. 2(1), pages 18-29, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:zib:zbnmjg:v:2:y:2018:i:1:p:18-29
    DOI: 10.26480/mjg.01.2018.18.29
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://myjgeosc.com/download/841/
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.26480/mjg.01.2018.18.29?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:zib:zbnmjg:v:2:y:2018:i:1:p:18-29. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Zibeline International Publishing (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://myjgeosc.com/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.