Mass Movement Flashcards
Identify 4 types of mass movement.
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Rock fall, landslide, mudslide and slumping.
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Identify 4 types of mass movement.
Which type of mass movement involves fragments of rock breaking away from the cliff face, often due to freeze-thaw weathering?
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Rockfall
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Which type of mass movement involves fragments of rock breaking away from the cliff face, often due to freeze-thaw weathering?
Which type of mass movement involves saturated soil and weak rock flows down a slope, typically where cliffs are made up of boulder clay?
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Mudslide / mudflow
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Which type of mass movement involves saturated soil and weak rock flows down a slope, typically where cliffs are made up of boulder clay?
Large blocks of rock sliding downhill is which type of mass movement?
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Landslide
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Large blocks of rock sliding downhill is which type of mass movement?
What is mass movement?
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Mass Movement is the downhill movement of cliff material under the influence of gravity.
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What is mass movement?
