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    Mass movement refers to the downward movement of materials like soil, sand, rock, and regolith along slopes under the force of gravity. There are several types of mass movement. Creeps involve the slow downward movement of materials over time. Landslides are the rapid movement of large masses of materials down hills or mountains. Slumps occur along curved surfaces, forming crescent shapes. Falls involve materials moving downward along steep slopes with less force than flows. Triggers for mass movement include heavy structures, increased soil moisture, seismic activity, erosion, loss of stabilizing vegetation, and bioturbation.

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    Mass movement refers to the downward movement of materials like soil, sand, rock, and regolith along slopes under the force of gravity. There are several types of mass movement. Creeps involve the slow downward movement of materials over time. Landslides are the rapid movement of large masses of materials down hills or mountains. Slumps occur along curved surfaces, forming crescent shapes. Falls involve materials moving downward along steep slopes with less force than flows. Triggers for mass movement include heavy structures, increased soil moisture, seismic activity, erosion, loss of stabilizing vegetation, and bioturbation.

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    Mass movement refers to the downward movement of materials like soil, sand, rock, and regolith along slopes under the force of gravity. There are several types of mass movement. Creeps involve the slow downward movement of materials over time. Landslides are the rapid movement of large masses of materials down hills or mountains. Slumps occur along curved surfaces, forming crescent shapes. Falls involve materials moving downward along steep slopes with less force than flows. Triggers for mass movement include heavy structures, increased soil moisture, seismic activity, erosion, loss of stabilizing vegetation, and bioturbation.

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    Mass movement refers to the downward movement of materials like soil, sand, rock, and regolith along slopes under the force of gravity. There are several types of mass movement. Creeps involve the slow downward movement of materials over time. Landslides are the rapid movement of large masses of materials down hills or mountains. Slumps occur along curved surfaces, forming crescent shapes. Falls involve materials moving downward along steep slopes with less force than flows. Triggers for mass movement include heavy structures, increased soil moisture, seismic activity, erosion, loss of stabilizing vegetation, and bioturbation.

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    Types of Mass Movement

    Mass movement is also known as mass wasting. Its a geomorphic process whereby sand, soil,
    rock and regolith moves down the slope as a mass. These types of movements are differentiated
    based on the rock, soil and regolith movement down-slope as a whole. It can also be
    differentiated by the speed of the movement (de Vallejo & Ferrer, 2011).
    Creeps
    Soil creep is considered a long process. During this type of mass movement the rock or soil over
    time and in different direction are directed by gravity down-slope. The steeper the slope the
    greater and faster the creep. In order to maintain their perpendicularity the creeps gets attached to
    trees and shrubs meaning that creeps are affected by vegetation cover. The difference between
    landslides and creeps is that creeps can lead to landslide but the reverse is not true. The other
    difference is that creeps can be caused by physical process such as human beings but a landslide
    is only caused by water.
    Landslides
    Landslides is also called landslip. This is the movement of a large mass of rock or earth down a
    mountain or hill. Flowage of material occurs in a given slope until a resultant lubrication of rain
    aid in the movement of the materials leading to the occurrence of landslide (Debella-Gilo &
    Kb, 2011). The types of landslides are debris fall, avalanche, and rock fall and debris slide. The
    difference between landslide and creep is that landslide is a movement of heavy and large
    materials but creep is movement of small materials such as rock or soil. Landslip is more
    dangerous than creep due to its mass.
    Slump

    MASS MOVEMENT

    This is a slip of rock along a curved surface of a slope. It is a movement of rock or soil along a
    curved surface. It forms a crescent shaped scrap at the top of the slope. Since slump takes place
    in a curved surface it is less dangerous as compared to other mass movements.
    Falls
    This is the movement of a regolith down a slope with less force to act as a flow. Falls are
    characterized with rock fall by the presence of vertical cracks. Falls are resultant of water and
    waves undercutting. It takes place at steep slopes. The rock material may be loosened by rain
    earthquakes etc. the difference between falls and slump is that slump takes place in a curved
    surface while falls takes place in a steep slope (Hoffer, 2011).
    Triggers of Mass Movement
    i.

    Overburden from heavy structures

    ii.

    Increase in the soil moisture

    iii.

    Seismic shaking

    iv.

    Erosion

    v.

    Reduction of soil holding materials such as roots and trees

    vi.

    Bioturbation

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    References
    de Vallejo, L. I. G., & Ferrer, M. (2011). Geological engineering. CRC Press.
    Debella-Gilo, M., & Kb, A. (2011). Sub-pixel precision image matching for measuring surface
    displacements on mass movements using normalized cross-correlation. Remote Sensing
    of Environment, 115(1), 130-142.
    Hoffer, E. (2011). The true believer: Thoughts on the nature of mass movements. HarperCollins.

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