GEOL 101 Final: Final Review Chapters 15-19.docx
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We can get a natural disaster: _______ ________ refers to the downslope movement of rock, regolith, and soil under the direct influence of. Mass wasting and erosional processes slowly change these rugged mountains to more subdued terrain: when water is added between particles of sediment, the cohesion among the particles is _________. Basically the material is built up past its angle of repose and they can trigger mass wasting. Plants help to bind the soil together and shield the soil surface from raindrop impacts. Speeds up the process: _________ is caused by earthquakes during periods of ground shaking; water-saturated surface materials behave fluid-like masses that flow. Liquefaction: we can also get landslides without an individual trigger these can be, slope materials weakens over time, some landslides are random, unpredictable events, what are talus slopes made from? (possibly will be picture on the exam) A fall is just the free fall of detached pieces.
