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Record 1 1999-12-20

English

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

A translational landslide in which the slide mass remain essentially intact, moving outward and downward as a unit, most often along a pre-existing plane of weakness, such bedding, foliating, joints or faults.

OBS

In contrast to rotational slides, the various points within a displaced block-glide slide have predominantly maintained the same mutual difference in elevation in relation to points outside the slide mass.

French

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

Mouvement de masse affectant une couche peu épaisse de matériel (quelques mètres), qui se déplace parallèlement à une pente rectiligne.

Spanish

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