10.5: Landslide Types and Processes - Geosciences LibreTexts
WEBThe term “landslide” describes a wide variety of processes that result in the downward and outward movement of slope-forming materials including rock, soil, artificial fill, or a combination of these. The materials may move by falling, toppling, sliding, spreading, or …
WEBLandslides can occur as flows, slides, or rockfalls and topples. A major difference between the three types is the amount of water—flows have the most and rockfalls usually have the least.
Landslide - National Geographic Society
WEBApr 26, 2024 · Mudslides can move at speeds of 80 kilometers (50 miles) per hour. A landslide is the movement of rock, earth, or debris down a sloped section of land. Landslides are caused by rain, earthquakes, volcanoes, or …
Landslide Types and Processes - USGS Publications Warehouse
WEBNov 29, 2016 · The term "landslide" describes a wide variety of processes that result in the downward and outward movement of slope-forming materials including rock, soil, artificial fill, or a combination of these. The materials may move by falling, toppling, sliding, spreading, or flowing.
Landslide Basics | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
WEBLandslides are the downslope movement of earth materials (rock, debris, and soil) at rates that range from inches per year to tens of miles per hour. Some landslides can move faster than a person can run. Landslides can happen with no notice or can take place over a period of days, weeks, or longer.
What is a landslide and what causes one? | U.S. Geological Survey
WEBLandslides are a type of "mass wasting," which denotes any down-slope movement of soil and rock under the direct influence of gravity. The term "landslide" encompasses five modes of slope movement: falls, topples, slides, spreads, and flows.
The Landslide Handbook—A Guide to Understanding Landslides
WEBPart A. What is a Landslide? Part B. Basic Landslide Types. Part C. Where Do Landslides Occur? Part D. What Causes Landslides? Part E. What are the Effects and Consequences of Landslides? Part F. Interrelationship of Landslides with Other Natural Hazards—The Multiple Hazard Effect. Section II.
Landslide | Definition, Types, Causes, & Facts | Britannica
WEB3 days ago · Landslide, the movement downslope of a mass of rock, debris, earth, or soil. Landslides occur when gravitational and other types of shear stresses within a slope exceed the shear strength (resistance to shearing) of the materials that form the slope.
Landslides: A Guide to Researching Landslide Phenomena and Processes
WEBFeb 7, 2015 · Landslide avoidance and prevention are the primary interests for land-use policies based on landslide mapping, followed by the prediction of landslide processes and their consequences.
Landslides: Processes, Prediction, and Land Use
WEBJan 1, 2006 · This book charts our understanding of landslide processes, prediction methods, and related land use issues. How and where do landslides initiate? What are the human and economic consequences?
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