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What forces propels slope failure and aids mass wasting?
NurudeenAhmed
1. Gravity. 2. Volcanism. 3. Tectonics. 4. Hydraulics.
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What is another word for snow slide?
Landslide, slope failure, mass movement and mass wasting are all terms that could be used to describe a mudslide.
What is the causes of mass wasting?
Slope Gradient
What is the major internal cause of slope failure?
The major internal cause of slope failure is gravity.
Which type of mass wasting produces a talus slope?
fall
How do wildfires affect slope stability and mass wasting?
It doesnt fack you
Factor of slope failure?
Saturation.
Why does the process of mass wasting occur faster on a steep slope?
The force of gravity causes mass wasting to occur faster.
Factors that triggered mass wasting?
Gravity, geological age, and slope angel
Meaning of mass wasting?
Mass wasting or mass movement refers to the movement of rock debris down a slope due to the influence of gravity. The movement is induced by natural factors or by human interferance on hill slope. The movement can be slow or fast.
What role does mass wasting play in the development of landforms?
mass wasting is the down slope movement of rock and soil under the direct influence of gravity.mass wasting is the step that follows weathering in the evolution of most landforms.
Why is mass wasting important?
When the gravitational force acting on a slope exceeds its resisting force, slope failure (mass wasting) occurs. The slope material's strength and cohesion and the amount of internal friction between material help maintain the slope's stability and are known collectively as the slope's shear strength. The steepest angle that a cohesionless slope can maintain without losing its stability is known as its angle of repose. When a slope possesses this angle, its shear strength perfectly counterbalances the force of gravity acting upon it. Mass wasting may occur at a very slow rate, particularly in areas that are very dry or those areas that receive sufficient rainfall such that vegetation has stabilised the surface. It may also occur at very high speed, such as in rock slides or landslides, with disastrous consequences, both immediate and delayed, e.g., resulting from the formation of landslide dams. Factors that change the potential of mass wasting include: change in slope angle; weakening of material by weathering; increased water content; changes in vegetation cover; and overloading.
What is the slowest type of mass wasting?
Soil creep is the slowest form of mass wasting.
