Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Mass movment

1.Types of mass movement are slump and earthflow.
Example:

Bedrock: Most common are slides or falls of small blocks of bedrock that break off by enlargement of joints during weathering. Massive rockslide's or rockfalls involving much greater volumes of material are rare but are spectacular.

Soil: Mud and earth imply materials that consist mostly of clay and silt. In a mudflow there is enough water to allow the mixture to flow easily, as a viscous stream. An earthflow is slower moving than a mudflow and involves a mass of material that retains rather distinct boundaries as it moves

Water: Movements of snow and ice (snow avalanches and glacial flow) under the influence of gravity are not usually considered to be mass wasting. But sometimes snow is involved in mass-wasting events.

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/images/lithosphere/mass_wasting_erosion/landslide_La_Conchita_CA_USGS_slide21.jpg


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