Selected papers (since 2000)
Brenna, A., Marchi, L., Borga, M., Zaramella, M., Surian, N., 2023. What drives major channel widening in mountain rivers during floods? The role of debris floods during a high-magnitude event. Geomorphology, 430, 108650, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108650
Scorpio, V., Cavalli. M., Steger, S., Crema, S., Marra, F., Zaramella, M., Borga, M., Marchi, L., Comiti, F., 2022. Storm characteristics dictate sediment dynamics and geomorphic changes in mountain channels: A case study in the Italian Alps, Geomorphology, 108173, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108173
Amponsah, W., Marra, F., Zoccatelli, D., Marchi, L., Crema, S., Pirastru, M., Borga,M., 2022. Scale-dependence of observational and modelling uncertainties in forensic flash flood analysis. Journal of Hydrology, 607, 127502, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127502
Brenna, A. Marchi, L., Borga, M., Ghinassi, M., Zaramella, M., Surian, M., 2021. Sediment–water flows in mountain catchments: Insights into transport mechanisms as responses to high-magnitude hydrological events. Journal of Hydrology, 602, 126716, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126716
Marchi, Cazorzi, Arattano, Cucchiaro, Cavalli, Crema, S., 2021. Debris flows recorded in the Moscardo catchment (Italian Alps) between 1990 and 2019. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 87–97, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-87-2021
Brenna, A., Surian, N., Ghinassi, M., Marchi, L., 2020. Sediment–water flows in mountain streams: Recognition and classification based on field evidence. Geomorphology, 371, 107413, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107413
Crema, S., Llena, M., Calsamiglia, A., Estrany, J., Marchi, L., Vericat, D., Cavalli, M., 2020. Can inpainting improve digital terrain analysis? Comparing techniques for void filling, surface reconstruction and geomorphometric analyses. Earth Surface processes and Landforms, 45(3), 736-755, doi: 10.1002/esp.4739
Cucchiaro, S., Cazorzi,F., Marchi, L., Crema, S., Beinat, A., Cavalli, M., 2019. Multi-temporal analysis of the role of check dams in a debris-flow channel: Linking structural and functional connectivity. Geomorphology, 345, 1-12, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106844
Coviello, V., Arattano, M., Comiti, F., Macconi, P., Marchi, L., 2019. Seismic characterization of debris flows: Insights into energy radiation and implications for warning. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 124, 6, 1440-1463, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JF004683
Marchi, L., Comiti, F., Crema S., Cavalli, M., 2019. Channel control works and sediment connectivity in the European Alps. Science of the Total Environment, 668, 389–399, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.416
Cucchiaro, S., Cavalli, M., Vericat, D., Crema, S., Llena, M., Beinat, A., Marchi, L., Cazorzi, F., 2019. Geomorphic effectiveness of check dams in a debris-flow catchment using multi-temporal topographic surveys. CATENA, 174, 73-83, doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.11.004
Marchi, L., Brunetti, M.T., Cavalli, M., Crema, S., 2019. Debris-flow volumes in northeastern Italy: relationship with drainage area and size probability. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(4), 933-943, doi: 10.1002/esp.4546
Amponsah, W., Ayral, P.-A., Boudevillain, B., Bouvier, C., Braud, I., Brunet, P., Delrieu, G., Didon-Lescot, J.-F., Gaume, E., Lebouc, L., Marchi, L., Marra, F., Morin, E., Nord, G., Payrastre, O., Zoccatelli, D., Borga, M., 2018. Integrated high-resolution dataset of high-intensity European and Mediterranean flash floods. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 10, 1783–1794, doi: 10.5194/essd-10-1783-2018
Cucchiaro, S., Cavalli, M., Vericat, D., Crema, S., Llena, M., Beinat, A., Marchi, L., Cazorzi, F., 2018. Monitoring topographic changes through 4D-structure-from-motion photogrammetry: application to a debris-flow channel. Environmental Earth Sciences, 77:632, doi: 10.1007/s12665-018-7817-4
De Finis, E., Gattinoni, P., Marchi, L., Scesi, L., 2018. Anomalous Alpine fans: from the genesis to the present hazard. Landslides, 15(4), 683-694, DOI: 10.1007/s10346-017-0894-8
Theule, J.I., Crema, S., Marchi, L., Cavalli, M., Comiti, F., 2018. Exploiting LSPIV to assess debris-flow velocities in the field. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 1-13, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1-2018
Destro, E., Amponsah, W., Nikolopoulos, E.I., Marchi, L., Marra, F., Zoccatelli, D., Borga, M. 2018. Coupled prediction of flash flood response and debris flow occurrence: application on an alpine extreme flood event. Journal of Hydrology, 558, 225-237, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.01.021
Scorpio, V., Crema, S., Marra, F., Righini, M., Ciccarese, G., Borga, M., Cavalli, M., Corsini, A., Marchi, L., Surian, N., Comiti, F., 2018. Basin-scale analysis of the geomorphic effectiveness of flash floods: A study in the northern Apennines (Italy), Science of The Total Environment, 640–641, 337-351.
Mazzorana, B. , Ruiz-Villanueva, V., Marchi, L., Cavalli, M., Gems, B., Gschnitzer, T., Mao, L., Iroumé, A., Valdebenito,G., 2018. Assessing and mitigating large wood-related hazards in mountain streams: recent approaches. Journal of flood risk management, 11, 207-222, DOI: 10.1111/jfr3.12316
Cavalli, M., Crema, S., Trevisani, S., Marchi, L., 2017. GIS tools for preliminary debris-flow assessment at regional scale. Journal of Mountain Science. 14(12), 2498-2510, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-017-4573-y
Marchi, L., 2017. Comment on ‘The influence of geological–morphological and land-use settings on shallow landslides in the Pogliaschina T. basin (northern Apennines, Italy)’ by Bartelletti et al. (2017), Journal of Maps, 13(2), 866-867, doi: 10.1080/17445647.2017.1376227
Marchi, L., 2017. Linking Debris Flows and Landslides to Large Floods in Gravel-Bed Rivers. In: Gravel-Bed Rivers: Processes and Disasters. Edited by Daizo Tsutsumi and Jonathan B. Laronne, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 467-495.
Righini, M., Surian, N., Wohl, E., Marchi, L., Comiti, F., Amponsah, W., Borga, M., 2017. Geomorphic response to an extreme flood in two Mediterranean rivers (northeastern Sardinia, Italy): Analysis of controlling factors. Geomorphology, in press, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.04.014
Penna, D., Zuecco, G., Crema S., Trevisani, S., Cavalli, M., Pianezzola, L., Marchi, L., Borga, M., 2017. Response time and water origin in a steep nested catchment in the Italian Dolomites. Hydrological processes, 31, 768-782, doi: 10.1002/hyp.11050
Cavalli, M., Goldin. B:, Comiti, F., Brardinoni, F., Marchi, L., 2016. Assessment of erosion and deposition in steep mountain basins by differencing sequential digital terrain models. Geomorphology, in press, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.04.009
Surian, N., Righini, M., Lucía, A., Nardi, L., Amponsah, W., Benvenuti, M., Marco Borga, M., Cavalli, M., Comiti, F., Marchi, L., Rinaldi, M., Viero, A., 2016. Channel response to extreme floods: Insights on controlling factors from six mountain rivers in northern Apennines, Italy. Geomorphology, in press, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.02.002
Rinaldi, M., Amponsah, W., Benvenuti, M., Borga, M., Comiti, F., Lucía, A., Marchi, L., Nardi, L., Righini, M., Surian, N., 2016. An integrated approach for investigating geomorphic response to extreme events: methodological framework and application to the October 2011 flood in the Magra River catchment, Italy. Earth Surface processes and Landforms, article available online, doi:10.1002/esp.3902
Marchi L., Cavalli M., Amponsah W., Borga M., Crema S., 2015. Upper limits of flash flood stream power in Europe. Geomorphology, in Press, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.11.005
Lucía, A., Comiti, F. Borga, M., Cavalli, M., Marchi, L. 2015. Dynamics of large wood during a flash flood in two mountain catchments. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 1741–1755, doi:10.5194/nhess-15-1741-2015
Nikolopoulos E.I., Borga M., Marra F., Crema S., Marchi L., 2015. Debris flows in the eastern Italian Alps: seasonality and atmospheric circulation patterns. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 647–656, doi:10.5194/nhess-15-647-2015
Marchi L., Cavalli M., Trevisani S., 2015. Hypsometric analysis of headwater rock basins in the Dolomites (Eastern Alps) using high-resolution topography. Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 97, 317-335, doi: 10.1111/geoa.12067
Blasone, G., Cavalli, M., Marchi, L., Cazorzi, F., 2014. Monitoring sediment source areas in a debris-flow catchment using terrestrial laser scanning. Catena, 123, 23-36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2014.07.001
Borga, M., Stoffel, M., Marchi, L., Marra, F., Jakob, M., 2014. Hydrogeomorphic response to extreme rainfall in headwater systems: Flash floods and debris flows. Journal of Hydrology, 518, 194-205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.05.022
Nikolopoulos E.I., Crema S., Marchi L., Marra F., Guzzetti F., Borga M., 2014. Impact of uncertainty in rainfall estimation on the identification of rainfall thresholds for debris flow occurrence. Geomorphology, 221, 286-297, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.06.015
Comiti F., Marchi L., Macconi P., Arattano M., Bertoldi G., Borga M., Brardinoni F., Cavalli M., D’Agostino V., Penna D., 2014. A new monitoring station for debris flows in the European Alps: first observations in the Gadria basin. Natural Hazards, 23, 1175-1198, doi: 10.1007/s11069-014-1088-5
Cavalli M., Trevisani S., Comiti F., Marchi L., 2013. Geomorphometric assessment of spatial sediment connectivity in small alpine catchments. Geomorphology, 188, 31-41.
Trevisani S., Cavalli M., Marchi L., 2012. Surface texture analysis of a high-resolution DTM: interpreting an alpine basin. Geomorphology, 161-162, 26-39.
Trevisani S., Cavalli M., Marchi L., 2010. Reading the bed morphology of a mountain stream: a geomorphometric study on high- resolution topographic data. Hydrology and Earth System Science, 14,393–405.
Marchi L., Borga M., Preciso E., Gaume E., 2010. Characterisation of selected extreme flash floods in Europe and implications for flood risk management, Journal of Hydrology, 394(1-2), 118-133, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.07.017
D'Agostino V., Cesca M., Marchi L., 2010. Field and laboratory investigations of runout distances of debris flows in the Dolomites (Eastern Italian Alps). Geomorphology, 115(3-4), 294-304 doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.06.032.
Marchi, L., Borga, M., Preciso, E., Sangati, M., Gaume, E., Bain, V., Delrieu, G., Bonnifait, L., Pogačnik, N., 2009. Comprehensive post-event survey of a flash flood in Western Slovenia: observation strategy and lessons learned. Hydrological Processes, 23(26), 3761-3770, doi: 10.1002/hyp.7542
Marchi, L., Cavalli, M., Sangati, M., Borga, M. 2009. Hydrometeorological controls and erosive response of an extreme alpine debris flow. Hydrological Processes, 23(19), 2714-2727. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7362
Trevisani, S., Cavalli, M., Marchi, L., 2009. Variogram maps from LiDAR data as fingerprints of surface morphology on scree slopes. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 9 (1), 129-133.
Mao, M., Cavalli, M., Comiti, F., Marchi, L., Lenzi M.A., Arattano, M. 2009. Sediment transfer processes in two Alpine catchments of contrasting morphological settings. Journal of Hydrology, 364 (1-2), 88-98.
Marchi, L., Dalla Fontana, G., Cavalli, M., Tagliavini, F., 2008. Rocky headwaters in the Dolomites, Italy: field observations and topographic analysis. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 40 (4), 685-694.
Borga, M., Gaume, E., Creutin, J. D., Marchi, L., 2008. Surveying flash floods: gauging the ungauged extremes. Hydrological Processes, 22(18), 3883-3885, doi: 10.1002/hyp.7111.
Cavalli, M., Tarolli, P., Marchi, L., Dalla Fontana, G., 2008. The effectiveness of airborne LiDAR data in the recognition of channel-bed morphology. Catena, 73(3), 249-260.
Cavalli, M., Marchi, L., 2008. Characterisation of the surface morphology of an alpine alluvial fan using airborne LiDAR. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 8 (2), 323-333.
Arattano, M., Marchi, L., 2008. Systems and sensors for debris-flow monitoring and warning. Sensors, 8, 2436-2452.
Marchi, L., Cavalli, M., 2007. Procedures for the Documentation of Historical Debris Flows: Application to the Chieppena Torrent (Italian Alps). Environmental Management, 40, 493-503.
Marchi, L., Tecca P.R., 2006. Some observations on the use of data from historical documents in debris-flow studies. Natural Hazards, 38(3), 301-320.
Arattano, M., Marchi, L., 2005. Measurements of debris flow velocity through cross-correlation of instrumentation data. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 5, 1, 137-142.
Marchi, L., D'Agostino, V., 2004. Estimation of debris-flow magnitude in the Eastern Italian Alps. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 29 (2), 207-220.
Dalla Fontana, G., Marchi, L., 2003. Slope-area relationships and sediment dynamics in two alpine streams. Hydrological Processes, 17(1), 73-87.
Marchi, L., Arattano, M., Deganutti, A.M., 2002. Ten years of debris-flow monitoring in the Moscardo Torrent (Italian Alps). Geomorphology, 46(1/2), 1-17.
Borga, M., Dalla Fontana, G., Gregoretti, C., Marchi, L., 2002. Assessment of shallow landsliding by using a physically based model of hillslope stability. Hydrological Processes, 16(14), 2833-2851.
D'Agostino, V., Marchi, L., 2001. Debris flow magnitude in the Eastern Italian Alps: data collection and analysis. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part C, 26(9), 657-663.
Lenzi M.A., Marchi L., 2000. Suspended sediment load during floods in a small stream of the Dolomites (northeastern Italy). Catena, 39(4), 267-282.