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Types of mass movement
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Geography AS (Rivers) Mind Map on Types of mass movement, created by elliesussex on 21/11/2013.
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Types of mass movement
Slow
Soil Creep
Soil particles pushed/heaved to surface by wetting, heating or freezing of water
Manger in Vale, Whitehorse, Oxfordshire
Rain Splash Erosion
Raindrops compact the soil + dislodge particles EQUALLY in all directions
Cold, periglacial environments
Flow
Surface Wash
when soil's infiltration capacity is exceeded + can lead to formation of gullies
semi-arid regions
Sheet Wash
The unchannelled flow of water over a soil surface
Boscastle floods, 2004
Throughflow
Water moving down through soil
Fast
Slides
material maintains its shape+cohesion until it impacts at bottom of slope+leads to large, slumped terraces
Vaiont Dam, Italy
Falls
Occur on steep slopes
Wastwater, Lake district
Slumps
Occurs on weaker rocks, (clay), +have a rotational movement along a curved slip plane
Holbeck hall hotel, Scarborough
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