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Slumping occurs after heavy periods of rain, when the water saturates overlying rock, making it heavy and liable to slide. This happens as a result of heavy rain passing through permeable rock, such as sandstone, and then it continues to move towards impereable rock, such as clay, but the pores are tiny and so the water slides through saturating the rock, resulting in the undercutting of a steep slope, which creates a concaved sliding slope.
In addition to this, layers of boulder clay, left behind by melting glaciers - caused by coastal erosion - can become saturated and also cause slumping.
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How does slumping occur?
The object is not self supporting and collapses, , to decline or deteriorate as in health or business
How did Holderness try to stop cliff retreat?
they used undercutting which made the cliff more stable and gave it more support thus stopping further slumping. they used undercutting which made the cliff more stable and gave it more support thus stopping further slumping.
Clay cliffs may do this after heavy rain?
slumping the slump this is where the land moves down. i know why you are asking this. my younger bro had to do the worksheet aswell slumping the slump this is where the land moves down. i know why you are asking this. my younger bro had to do the worksheet aswell
Do thunderstorms happen in the morning or afternoon?
They can happen in both. But somepeople think they happen mostly in afternoon.
How does the hydrolysis of calcium carbide happen to produce an acetylene gas by means of heat?
it happen when it accure the light it happen when it accure the light
What is cliff slumping?
Slumping: involves a whole segment of the cliff moving down-slope along a saturated shear-plane.
Transit officials say ridership is likely to fall in the first quarter of this year because of the slumping economy?
A slumping Global economy... Everyone is hurting.
What does SUST stand for in geography?
slumping, undercutting, saturation, transportation
Is Josh Willingham good?
Yes, just at the end of the seaon he was slumping
One result from a lowered water table is?
ground settlement or slumping
What is an impact of slumping on the coast?
once the cliff has 'slumped', waves can eurode it easier.
How does slumping occur?
The object is not self supporting and collapses, , to decline or deteriorate as in health or business
How did Holderness try to stop cliff retreat?
they used undercutting which made the cliff more stable and gave it more support thus stopping further slumping. they used undercutting which made the cliff more stable and gave it more support thus stopping further slumping.
What causes rotational slumping?
when a person slumps down on their sofa out of exhaustion and when they slump, they are at a 45 degree angle to the sofa then spin onto their front before hitting it. therefore their slumping is rotational as they rotate whilst slumping.
How do you find double discounts?
Shop expensive stores during times of high unemployment and slumping retail sales.
What was one reason the bush administration had for going to war in Iraq?
To prop up their slumping popularity with the US voting public.
George Bush had a hard time getting reelected in large part because?
he wasn't able to turn the slumping economy around.
