Geosciences
By Philip S. Prince, sand model landslide If you Google the word “landslide”…the first search result you get is the Fleetwood Mac song. I suppose this says something about the … Read More
Earthflow Earthflows can occur on gentle to moderate slopes, generally in fine-grained soil, commonly clay or silt, but also in very weathered, clay-bearing bedrock. The mass in an earthflow moves … Read More
Flows A flow is a spatially continuous movement in which the surfaces of shear are short-lived, closely spaced, and usually not preserved. The component velocities in the displacing mass of … Read More
Slides A slide is a downslope movement of a soil or rock mass occurring on surfaces of rupture or on relatively thin zones of intense shear strain. The movement does … Read More
There are two primary categories of causes of landslides: natural and human caused. Sometimes, landslides are caused, or made worse, by a combination of the two factors. Natural Occurrences This … Read More