Landslides Flashcards
Define: Landslides
What is weathering?
What is erosion?
Define: mass wasting
What is mass wasting impacted by?
What are the driving forces of mass wasting?
Describe how gravity contributes to shear stress
Describe how moisture contributes to shear stress
Describe how pore water pressure contributes to shear stress
Describe how slope contributes to shear stress
Describe how precipitation contributes to shear stress
Describe how erosion contributes to shear stress
Describe how sediment cohesive strength contributes to shear strength
Describe how loading/weight contributes to shear stress
Describe how tectonics contributes to shear stress
Describe how cements contributes to shear strength
Describe how vegetation contributes to shear strength
Describe how structure contributes to shear strength
What is factor of safety
what conditions dictate a stable slope?
What conditions dictate a unstable or slope failure?
Describe and characterize topples
Describe and characterize falls
Describe and characterize slides