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The landslide is thought to be among the largest in history. [citation needed] Landslide which moved Heart Mountain to its current location, the largest continental landslide discovered so far. In the 48 million years since the slide occurred, erosion has removed most of the portion of the slide.
The difference between these two concepts is subtle but important. The landslide causes are the reasons that a landslide occurred in that location and at that time and may be considered to be factors that made the slope vulnerable to failure, that predispose the slope to becoming unstable. The trigger is the single event that finally initiated ...
A landslide, also called a landslip, [10] is a relatively rapid movement of a large mass of earth and rocks down a hill or a mountainside. Landslides can be further classified by the importance of water in the mass wasting process. In a narrow sense, landslides are rapid movement of large amounts of relatively dry debris down moderate to steep ...
The new coordinator will provide advice and support to council departments, councillors, outside agencies, developers, and the public on coastal erosion and landslide issues.
The rapidly accelerating complex of landslides in Rancho Palos Verdes has created an unforeseen outcome: a new coastline as the seafloor is pushed upward.
Landslides can be triggered by many, sometimes concomitant causes. In addition to shallow erosion or reduction of shear strength caused by seasonal rainfall, landslides may be triggered by anthropic activities, such as adding excessive weight above the slope, digging at mid-slope or at the foot of the slope. Often, individual phenomena join to ...
Erosion is the action of surface processes ... Steeper terrain is also more prone to mudslides, landslides, and other forms of gravitational erosion processes.
Triggered by rapid erosion at the base of a mountain slope, created a wave that travelled 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) upstream. [120] 6 Sep 1988 Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea: Kaiapit landslide: 1,800 MCM [121] 74 [121] 14 Dec 1991 Aoraki / Mount Cook, Southern Alps, New Zealand: Aoraki / Mount Cook rock avalanche