01:460:206 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Downhill Creep, Pearson Education, Environmental Geology

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Geological Sciences
• Course: 01:460:206
• Professor: Jeff Sugarman

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Living with earth: an introduction to environmental geology (hudson) Chapter 8 unstable land: the key driving force behind slope failure is, cohesion, talus, friction, gravity, repose. Answer: c: increasing the water content of a slope can lead to instability. Answer: true: creep is a faster mass wasting process than debris flows. Answer: false: repeated freezing and thawing can be important in soil creep movements. Use the information provided in the illustration below to answer the following question(s): what landsliding process is illustrated, creep, slump, rock fall, block glide, rock avalanche. Answer: b: what is the name of a landslide that occurs when rocks slide rapidly, creep, rockfall, debris flow, landslide, slump. Answer: d: what is subsidence, when rocks fall rapidly off cliffs, forces that oppose gravity and drive slopes to fail, sinking or downward settling of the ground, individual episodes of mass wasting, piles of angular rock fragments.