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Mass Wasting
forest landslide types
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Geology
Undergraduate 4
03/07/2016

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Inner gorge

 

formed by active stream erosion and debris slides

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Debris Slide Amphitheater/Slope

 

vegetated soils with shallow soil

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Debris Flow/Torrent Track

 

long stretches of unstable stream banks

form during intense storms

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Debris slide

 

soil or rock that moves along a shallow failure plane

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Earthflow

 

landslide forms from saturated soil and may creep seasonally

clay-rich materials that swell when wet

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Transitional/Rotational

 

cohesive slide mass and deep failure plane

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