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SLUMPING [3 records]

Record 1 2011-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
DEF

A landslide that is caused when a mass of rock becomes saturated with water and slides downward.

CONT

When the soil and earthy material on a steep slope become charged with water, their weight is greatly increased. At the same time the water makes them more mobile. Under these circumstances the material sometimes slides down the slopes. Such movements are known as slumping or sliding. If the movement is on a large scale, it is a landslide.

CONT

Stability (Slides and Slumps). The stability of soil could be affected resulting in damage to property ...

OBS

slump: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des sols
DEF

Affaissement brusque du sol provoqué par [...] l'action des eaux souterraines, etc.

CONT

La stabilité (glissements et effondrements). Des glissements et des effondrements du sol peuvent affecter sa stabilité causant ainsi des dommages à la propriété [...]

OBS

éboulement : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Synsedimentary folds are those due to slumping of sedimentary material before it is lithified.

OBS

synsedimentary: Accompanying deposition.

OBS

slumping: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des sols
DEF

Glissement des sédiments non encore consolidés sur la pente du bassin sédimentaire.

CONT

St-Julien (1968) en arrive à la conclusion que la formation des «argiles-à-blocs» semble être un phénomène sédimentaire, dû notamment à la présence de plusieurs structures de «slumping», ou glissement synsédimentaire.

OBS

glissement synsédimentaire : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

There is always evidence of dissolution of carbonate host rock expressed by slumping, collapse, brecciation, or some combination of these.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

Il existe toujours des indices d'une dissolution des roches hôtes carbonatées qui se manifeste par des glissements, des effondrements, une bréchification ou par une combinaison de ces divers processus.

Spanish

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