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| Downslope movement of rock, regolith, and soil under direct influence of gravity |
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| The controlling force in mass wasting |
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Water
Oversteepened Slopes
Removal of Vegetation
Earthquakes |
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| The steepest angle at which material remains stable |
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| Occur when a piece of rock on a steep slope becomes dislodged and falls down the slope |
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| Result when rocks or debris slide down a pre-existing surface |
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Moves downslope as a viscous fluid
Saturated with water |
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| Slide that occurs along a concave-upward curved surface |
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| The very slow, usually continuous movement of regolith down slope |
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Summers are too cool to melt more then a shallow surface layer
Deeper ground remains frozen |
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Flow at a couple centimeters a year
Regolith contains water |
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