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COMPLEX LANDSLIDE [1 record]

Record 1 1984-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
Key term(s)
  • complex landslide

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
DEF

Système de glissements composé de glissements simples interactifs le long d'une pente. Le développement de l'un provoque l'activation de l'autre. Ils comprennent les glissements en escalier (stepped landslides) et les glissements évolutifs (transforming landslides) comme l'évolution de glissements rotationnels ou plans en coulée etc. (G. Ter-Stepanian 1977).

Key term(s)
  • glissement complexe

Spanish

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