Friday, January 30, 2009

Mass Movements


1.Mass movement is defined as the transfer of rock and soild downslope


2.The different types of mass movments are; rockfalls, slides,rockslides, slumps, flows, mudflows, earthflows, and creep.


3.Mudlflows probably have the greatest potential to cause damage due to a few predetermining factors. First, it happens very quickly and suddenly catching people off guard. Second it is an almost unstoppable force that keeps going until gravity tell it to stop.


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