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Classification of mass movements Flashcards

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Mass movement is when…

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rock/earth falls/slides/flows due to gravity.

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Flow is triggered when the composition…

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of soil/rock is disrupted. The particles near the surface are disrupted more.

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Flow is a non-

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uniform movement.

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(flow) Saturated topsoil results in…

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lose of hydrostatic pressure and cohesion. The material eventually slips/flow.

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After slip/flow, new…

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deeper particles are exposed and start to lubricate.

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A slide is a uniform…

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movement.

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During the process of formation of a slide, no internal…

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disruption to rock and its properties takes place. Topsoil is disrupted.

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The slide is caused by water…

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sitting between the topsoil and already saturated bedrock. This creates a slip plane and the topsoil slides.

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Heave is…

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a very slow mass movement.

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Heave is mainly occurring during…

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winter.

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Heave occurs on slopes with gradient…

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5 degrees or more that have very little vegetation cover, which bind the soil.

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Heave is caused by water…

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particles in the soil, which expand as they freeze by 9 per cent.

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As the water expands in the soil…

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the soil is pushed 90 degrees to the slope, as it is the zone of least resistance for particles to expand.

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The particles fall under a influcence of…

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gravity, when the frozen water thawed and returned to its original shape.

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As this freeze-thaw of water particles in soil repeats…

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there is a net movement down the slope.

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Rainsplash is a type of…

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soil erosion caused from the impact of raindrops.

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The impact of rain droplets on the soil surface often…

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separate individual grains of soil moving them further from their source.

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On flat surface, there is no effect of…

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rainsplash erosion as the material is distributed without any net transport and particular direction.

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(rain splash)On slopes, the influence of…

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gravity encourages more material to be redistributed down the slope.

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When slopes become steeper than…

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25 degrees, almost all the redistribution occurs down the slope.

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Surface wash happens when…

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the soil’s infiltration capacity is exceeded.

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Surface wash is common in…

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winter as water drains across saturated or frozen ground and in semi-arid regions where particle size limits the infiltration.

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Sheet wash is…

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an unhandled flow of water over the soil.

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Sheetwash usually breaks into areas of…

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higher and lower velocities.

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The higher velocities areas may cause…

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gullying, which is the formation of narrow channel(rills)

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Sheetwash may transport…

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the surface regolith such as material dislodged by rain splash.

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In semi-arid areas, the sheet wash can lower…

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the surfaces by 2-5mm per year compared to 0.01mm on vegetated slopes.

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Heave is continual…

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process.

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Soil creep is a slow…

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movement of soil particles down the slope.

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Talus creep is…

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slow movement of scree fragments down the slope.

31
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Exposed roots of three up…

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slope is evidence of soil creep.

32
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Evidence of soil creep:

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Stress fractures in buildings and fractured roads/pavements

33
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Trees react to…

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the soil creep by bending the tree trunk.

34
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Falls occur on steep slopes greater than…

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40 degrees, especially on bare rock surfaces.

35
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Initial causes of fall may be…

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chemical or physical weathering, which reduces the sheer strength of the rock.

36
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Short falls produce relatively…

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straight screes-talus slopes

37
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Talus is…

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as the pile of rocks that accumulates at the base of a cliff or slope.

38
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Longer falls produce…

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a concave scar.

39
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Falls are significant in…

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producing the retreat of steep rock faces.

40
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Slip plane of slides occurs along…

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a fault line, between two different layers, a joint or a bendding plane.

41
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Clay is particlulary vulnerable to…

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the development of slip planes.

42
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More water on the slope…

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increases the water pressure and pushes particles apart, which reduces strength. It also lubricates the slope.

43
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Slumps occur in…

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a weaker rocks, especially finely weathered clays.

44
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Slumps have a rotational…

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movement along a curved slip plane.

45
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Slumps are likely to occur when…

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material becomes saturated with water and gains wight.

46
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Often, before slumps, the base of…

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the cliff is undercut by erosion(waves).

47
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Rotational slumps are marked by…

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a tilting back of the slumped mass which will expose a steep curved scar behind and pushes out a toe at the front.

48
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Flows are more continous and less…

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jerky than slumps. They have a higher water content, so more fluid.

49
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Types of flows:

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  • solifluction
  • debris/earth flow
  • mudflow
50
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Solifluction is the slowest…

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form of flow. Around 10cm per year on the surface.

51
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Solifluction is common in…

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cold climates where frozen ground limits percolation and occur on gentle slopes (5-15 degrees).

52
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Solifluction is formed as…

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regolith becomes saturated with water. The lubricated layer then moves down the slope.

53
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Features of the solifluction are…

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lobes, which are rounded tongue like features that can be up to 50m wide.

54
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Earth/debris flow occurs on slopes…

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5-15 degrees.

55
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Earth/debris flow is thicker than…

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mudflow due to lower water content.

56
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Earth/debris flow is caused by…

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a rapid input of water from either rain or snowmelt, which causes a slippage.

57
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Earth/debris flow leaves behind…

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a concave, crescent-shaped scar and a convex lobe below.

58
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Mudflow is similar to…

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earthflow, but has thinner consistency due to high water content and it is more rapid.

59
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Cause of mud flow is…

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combination of high rainfall or snowmelt, often with impermeable rock layer beneath.

60
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Mudflow is common in…

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mountainous regions after heavy rainfall, periglacial areas ar the summer thaw maximum or on the slopes of erupting volcanoes(lahar flow).

61
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A speed of a heave/creep is…

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0.1mm to 1cm a year

62
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A speed of solifluction is…

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1cm a year to 1mm a day

63
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A speed of landslide is…

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around 1 m a day on average.

64
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A speed of earth flow or mudflow is…

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1m a day to 1m per second

65
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A speed of debris avalanche is…

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1 m/s to 360km/h

66
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A mud/earth flow forms…

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toe-fans out at the base, usually made of very fine clay.

67
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Type of mass movements are:

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  • flows
  • slides
  • slumps
68
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Rotational slides produce…

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a series of massive steps or terraces.

69
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Slides often occur when there is…

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a combination of weak rocks, steep slopes and active undercutting.

70
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Slides are triggered by…

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change in water content or by very cold conditions.

Physical Geography A-level (33 decks)

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