Mass Movement What causes the different types of

Mass Movement: What causes the different types of mass movement?

Erosion is the process by which natural forces move weathered rock & soil from one place to another.

What is the material moved by erosion called? sediment This may include pieces of rock or soil or the remains of plants or animals

Deposition happens where agents of erosion drop or lay down sediment. (The word ‘agents’ means the processes or ways that erosion occurs. )

Mass movement happens when gravity moves sediment downhill. Mass movement can be rapid or slow and is caused by gravity.

Landslides are the most destructive of the four types of mass movement. Describe: Rock & soil slides quickly down steep slope Where does it happen? Where road builders cut through hills or mountains

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Mudflows are very dangerous. Describe: Water (as much as 60% of the flow), rock & soil moves rapidly downhill What may trigger it? Earthquake movement

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Slump occurs when one huge mass falls together. Describe: Mass of rock & soil suddenly slip down a slope in one huge mass What makes it happen? When water soaks the bottom of soil rich in clay

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Creep is very slow movement. Describe: Barely noticeable, you eventually see the effects of the slow movement in telephone poles, fence posts & trees leaning at odd angles What causes creep? From freezing & thawing of H 2 O in cracked layers of rock beneath the soil

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