Meteorological data, i.e. air temperature, precipitation, wind speed and wind direction were analysed from the closest meteorological stations, during the days previous to the events, in order to highlight the initiation factors of the slushes. To assess the slush-flow geomorphologic impact, the most recent landforms were studied. A long profile of the A-gil cone (in the main axis of the cone) and cross profiles of the slush-flow deposits were drawn up using a tape and a Suunto inclinometer (precision of 0.5°), to highlight the microtopography of the fan and the slush-flow landforms features distribution. Measurements of clast size (length of the a-axis) were carried out along the talus cone at each station, which occurs at 10 m interval along the cross profiles. In addition, vegetation cover and lichenometric measurements were made both on the debris particles and between them, in order to identify the effects of the most recent slush-flow events on debris transfer and fan-surface erosion. For geomorphological mapping, a set of photographs (both ground photographs and aerial photographs) complemented the field investigations. Land survey data and historical sources were used as well.
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