Mass movement Flashcards
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How does Soil creep happen
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When the grains expand and contract due to heating and cooling or wetting and drying
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How does Solicitation accur
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When the top soil holds a lot of moisture it slide down to the frozen ground
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Earth flow
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When saturated soil slides down
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What is a Landslide
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When a large mass of land brakes of
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Mudflow
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Streams of mud flow down a slope
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Rockfall
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Fragments of rock break off
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