Mass Movement Landforms

Question 1

Mass movement creates distinctive landforms including

Answer 1

Rotational scars
Talus scree slopes
Terraced cliff profiles

Question 2

A rotational scar is:

Answer 2

Curved
Un-weathered
Un-vegetated
Forms as a result of rotational slumping

The section that has detached is at the base of the cliff often with vegetation attached

Question 3

Talus scree slope
A talus scree slope is a

Answer 3

fan-shaped mound of material

Made of block-fall debris which has accumulated at the foot of a cliff
Often, they have a concave profile

Question 4

Terraced cliff profile
The profile of the cliff is

Answer 4

stepped
This is the result of the lithology or fractures in the rock

Question 5

t is important to remember that subaerial processes and the processes which occur at the foot of the cliff (erosion, transportation and deposition) work together to influence the recession rates.