Two Case Studies of Mudflows in the Buzau Subcarpathians

Stationary investigations of the mudflows recorded in the Buzău Subcarparthians (southeast of the Carpathian chain) have revealed some peculiarities of both their involvement in slope modeling and their dynamics. The first mudflow investigated carried, in the course of eight years, 21,500 m3 of debris. These deposits gradually reached the mudflow track due to the successive release of some slides and falls in the source area. The second example (48,000 m3 displaced) refers to a mudflow triggered by extreme rainfalls (177.8 mm rain in 24 hours).