Mass Movements

4 important questions on Mass Movements

What are the different types of mass movements?

  1. Fall
  2. topple
  3. spread
  4. translational slide
  5. rotational slide (slump)
  6. Mud flow
  7. debris flow
  8. earth flow
  9. rock avalanche
  10. creep

The classifications of different types of mass wasting movements

These are the different types
the slowest is creep
fastest is rock fall or rock avalanche

What does the slope strength depend on?

  1. Composition
  2. Fabric
  3. Structure
  4. Consolidation
  5. Water content
  6. Vegetation
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Ways to protect yourself from mass wastings

  1. Revegetation (addition of plants)
  2. make staircases
  3. reshape the slope
  4. adding retaining walls
  5. rock staples
  6. avalanche shed
  7. adding ripraps and moving river

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