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Mass Wasting

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Gravity movement, either downslope (landslide) or vertical (subsidence)

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Shear Stress

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Component of weight that is directed downslope; increases w/ slope angle

3
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Friction

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grain to grain contact

4
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Angle of repose

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the steepest slope angle that dry material will support w/out failing
-related to grain size, shape, and sorting

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Cohesion(Capillary Force)

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Mineral/mineral and mineral/water attraction (electric charge); increases as grain size decreases

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Water content

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  • Dry: air in pores (angle of repose); weak
  • Moist: air and water in pores; strongest
  • Saturated: Only water in pores; weak
  • Quick: Only upward-moving water in pores; no strength (liquefaction)
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Heave

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Expansion and contraction of soil’s slope)- slow and small amount

  • Wetting/Drying
  • Freezing/Thawing
  • Heating/Cooling
  • Soil Creep
  • Talus Creep
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Slide

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Moves as a unit; no internal deformation

  • Slip-translation
  • Slump-rotation
  • Landslide, rockslide
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Flow

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Internally deformed

  • grain flow; dry sand
  • mudflow; debris flow, lahar
  • debris avalanche
  • solifluction (common in saturated active layer above impermeable permafrost, can be quick)
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Fall

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Free fall from cliff; rock fall

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Subsidence

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Vertically downward movement, gradually (sinking) or suddenly (collapse)

12
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Compaction

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Gradual sinking

  • compressible materials (Mississippi River Delta)
  • Underground fluid w/drawl (San Joaquin Valley; ground water removal)
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Collapse

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Due to large, subsurface holes

  • Limestone caves: sinkholes, karst topography
  • Underground mines
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Karst Topography

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Lanscape consisting of numerous caves, sinkholes, and solution valleys formed by groundwater solution of rocks such as limestone and dolostone