Range of mudflow processes in the Baikal region

Abstract

Various kinds of mudflows are described within the Baikal region and in the Baikal Lake, which form a single series from incipient mudflows to degrading ones, transitional to other types of sediment transport and including elements of two (more seldom, three) different processes. Concrete examples of those different types of mudflows are described in detail, prerequisites of their formation and disastrous results are considered. The approach to mudflows classification may be used in other regions.