This is known as a landslide with a circular slip geometry.
a slump
There are a few ways this can happen. First, earthquakes are associated with movement along faults. This movement can alter the surface terrain. The shaking of an earthquake can also cause wet soil and sediment to behave like a liquid.
Broadly, the surface waves of which there are two main types. The Love and Rayleigh wave. Rayleigh waves have the largest amplitude of the surface waves and so cause the majority of damage.
Surface waves (as the name suggests) travel along Earth's surface. Seismic waves that travel through earth's interior are known instead as body waves.
An Earthquake!
When a block of material moves downslope along a curved surface, the type of mass movement is _____.
When a block of material moves downslope along a curved surface, the type of mass movement is _____.
a slump
Slump
Slump
Slump
This is known as a landslide with a circular slip geometry.
erousion
This is known as a circular slip or rotational landslide.
This is known as a circular slip or rotational landslide.
This is known as a landslide with a circular slip geometry.
Slump