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Keywords:
Mountainside,
Dislocate,
Unconsolidated,
Thrust,
Descent
To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.
The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.
A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
a mass movement process in which slope failure occurs along one or more slip surfaces and in which the unit generally disintegrates into a jumbled mass en route to its depositional site. A debris flow or torrent flow may occur if enough water is present in the mass.
In mass wasting, movement of a descending mass along a plane approximately parallel to the SLOPE of the surface.
The mass movement of a single, intact mass of rock, soil, or unconsolidated material along a weak plane, such as a fault, fracture, or bedding plane. A slide may involve as little as a minor displacement of soil or as much as the displacement of an entire mountainside.
(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
sloping channel through which things can descend
a low angle thrust or fault often occuring over large areas in the Scottish Highlands, which during intense crustal collision enabled rock groupings to dislocate, thus relieving pressure
a sheet of material that slips over a failure plane ending anywhere from a meter to a kilometer down slope
the movement of rock or unconsolidated material parallel to planes of weakness and occasionally parallel to slope.
MASS MOVEMENT resulting from failure of SOIL or rock along a rotational or planar surface.
Gravitational movement of an unstable mass of earth from its natural position.
the downward falling or sliding of a mass of earth, snow, or rock; the mass of earth, snow, or rock falling or sliding down from a hill or mountainside. [AHDOS
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