Storm-triggered landslides in the Peruvian Andes and implications for  topography, carbon cycles, and biodiversity

Clark, K. E.; West, A. J.; Hilton, R. G.; Asner, G. P.; Quesada, C. A.; Silman, M. R.; Saatchi, S. S.; Farfan-Rios, W.; Martin, R. E.; Horwath, A. B.; Halladay, K.; New, M.; Malhi, Y.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-47-2016

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-47-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-47-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1

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20 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 20 Jan 2016

Storm-triggered landslides in the Peruvian Andes and implications for topography, carbon cycles, and biodiversity

K. E. Clark, A. J. West, R. G. Hilton, G. P. Asner, C. A. Quesada, M. R. Silman, S. S. Saatchi, W. Farfan-Rios, R. E. Martin, A. B. Horwath, K. Halladay, M. New, and Y. Malhi

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RC C313: 'reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Sep 2015
RC C321: 'review of Clark et al. (2015)', Ken Ferrier, 22 Sep 2015
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by Editor) (12 Dec 2015) by Gerard Govers

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ED: Publish as is (22 Dec 2015) by Niels Hovius (Editor)

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The key findings of this paper are that landslides in the eastern Andes of Peru in the Kosñipata Valley rapidly turn over the landscape in ~1320 years, with a rate of 0.076% yr^-1. Additionally, landslides were concentrated at lower elevations, due to an intense storm in 2010 accounting for ~1/4 of the total landslide area over the 25-year remote sensing study. Valley-wide carbon stocks were determined, and we estimate that 26 tC km^-2 yr^-1 of soil and biomass are stripped by landslides.