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Mass Wasting: The Work of GravityEarth, 10e - Chapter 15
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Mass Wasting and Landform Development
• Mass wasting refers to the downslope movement of rock, regolith, and soil under the direct influence of gravity.
• Role of mass wasting• Geologic process that often follows
weathering
• Combined effects if mass wasting and running water produce stream valleys
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Mass Wasting and Landform Development
• Slopes change through time.• No minimum angle is required for mass
wasting to occur.
• Most rapid and spectacular mass-wasting events occur in areas of rugged, geologically young mountains.
• Mass wasting and erosional processes slowly lower the land surface.
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Controls and Triggers of Mass Wasting
• Important factors include:• The role of water–Diminishes particle cohesion (friction)
–Water adds weight.
• Oversteepening of slopes—slope angle– Stable slope angle (angle of repose) is
different for various materials.–Oversteepened slopes are unstable.
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The Effect of Water on Mass Wasting
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Slope Instability Caused by Oversteepening
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Controls and Triggers of Mass Wasting
• Important factors• Removal of anchoring vegetation
• Earthquakes as triggers–May cause expensive property damage–Can cause liquefaction—Water-saturated
surface materials behave as fluid-like masses that flow.
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Controls and Triggers of Mass Wasting
• Landslides without triggers• Slope materials weaken over time.
• Random events that are unpredictable
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Classification of Mass Wasting Processes
• Generally, each event is classified by:• Type of material involved–Mud
–Earth
–Rock
• Type of motion– Fall (free-falling pieces)
– Slide (material moves along a surface as a coherent mass)
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Classification of Mass Wasting Processes
• Generally, each event is classified by:• Type of motion– Flow (material moves as a chaotic mixture)
• The velocity of the movement– Fast
– Slow
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Types of Mass Wasting
• Slump• Movement of a mass of rock or
unconsolidated material as a unit along a curved surface
• Occurs along oversteepened slopes
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A Slump with an Earthflow at the Base
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A Slump at Point Fermin, California
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Types of Mass Wasting
• Rockslide• Blocks of bedrock slide down a slope.
• Generally very fast and destructive
• Debris flow (mudflow)• Consists of soil and regolith with a large
amount of water
• Often confined to channels
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Rockslide
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Gros Ventre Rockslide, Wyoming
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Types of Mass Wasting
• Debris flow• Serious hazard in dry areas with heavy rains
• Debris flows composed mostly of volcanic materials on the flanks of volcanoes are called lahars.
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Debris Flow
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A Lahar from the 1980 Mount St. Helens’ Eruption
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Types of Mass Wasting
• Earthflow• Form on hillsides in humid regions
• Water saturates the soil.
• Commonly involve materials rich in clay and silt
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An Earthflow on a Newly Formed Slope
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Types of Mass Wasting
• Slow movements• Creep–Gradual movement of soil and regolith downhill
–Aided by the alternate expansion and contraction of the surface material
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Some Visible Effects of Creep
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