January 2025

Geological characterization of mud and debris flow deposits, Aburrá Valley, Colombia

The Aburra Valley is a structurally controlled intramontane basin in the central mountain range of Colombia, where surficial slope deposits cover their hillsides. Samples obtained from geotechnical drilling into these sludge or debris-flow reservoirs, which are in the middle and lower parts of the slope on the west side of the Aburra Valley, exhibit a high degree of mechanical competence, which is atypical of soils....

Author(s): Juliana Carolina García Urbina, Sara María Patino Mesa, Diego Armando Rendón Giraldo, Oscar Echeverri Ramírez and Norbey Arcila Quintero