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EARTH FLOW [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
DEF

A mass-movement landform and process characterized by downslope translation of soil and weathered rock over a discrete basal shear surface within well defined lateral boundaries. The basal shear surface is more or less parallel with the ground surface in the downslope portion of the flow

OBS

The greater the liquid content and the finer the soil particles the further the flow will extend to grade into mudflow

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Mécanique des sols
CONT

La Nouvelle Zélande connaît beaucoup de mouvements de versants; les glissements plans de sols superficiels représentent à eux seuls 26% de tous les mouvements [...]. S'y ajoutent des glissements rotationnels, des glissements de terre, des coulées de terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Mecánica del suelo
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