EARTHSC 2GG3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Metamorphic Rock, Slope Stability, Mass Wasting
4 Oct 2016
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Mass wasting: is a comprehensive term for any type of downslope movement of earth materials. In its more restrictive sense, mass wasting refers to a rapid downslope movement or rock or soil as a more or less coherent mass. Sometimes we refer to these processes as landslides. Slope processes: slopes are the most common landforms on earth, although most slopes appears stable and static, they are actually dynamic, evolving systems. The processes that are active in these systems generally do not produce uniform slopes. Rather most slopes are composed of several segments that are either straight or curved. The free face and adjacent valley wall regularly shed pieces of rock that accumulated at the base of the cliff to form a talus slope. Both the free face and talus slope are segments of the overall slope. Frequent rock falls keep soil from developing on the free face and much of the talus face.
