Colluvium (also colluvial material or colluvial soil) is a general name for loose, unconsolidated sediments that have been deposited at the base of hillslopes...

origin. Alluvium and diluvium were grouped together as colluvium in the late 19th century. "Colluvium" is now generally understood to mean sediments produced...

duration rains triggered debris flows and shallow slides developed in colluvium and weathered rocks. A rainfall threshold of around 190 mm in 24 h initiated...

literature is somewhat relaxed, and it often overlaps with both talus and colluvium. The term scree comes from the Old Norse term for landslide, skriða, while...

resistance of the ground surface. Channel heads are often associated with colluvium, hollows and landslides. Overland flow is a primary factor in channel...

either talus, in the case of the talus flatirons, or pedisediment and colluvium that cover pediments, in the case of pediment flatirons. Their surfaces...

on the valley colluvium are thicker than the nearby areas. Woody plants and large bushes dominate the vegetation. Debris fan colluvium refers to the aggregates...

from the parent rock. Sandy soils, rock outcrops and rubble and stony colluvium account for over 70% of the land area in the basin. The basin soils (in...

Confinement system used in construction and geotechnical engineering Colluvium – Loose, unconsolidated sediments deposited at the base of a hillslope...

Mount Conner are blanketed by scree (talus) and its top is blanketed by colluvium. The base of Mount Conner is surrounded by alluvium. The summit of Mount...

the valley walls date to the Paleozoic Era and are often covered with colluvium or loess. Bedrock, where not directly exposed, is very near the surface...

on Mount Rainier are mostly gravelly ashy sandy loams developed from colluvium or glacial till mixed with volcanic tephra. Under forest cover their profiles...

loads); in shallow soils, the removal of deep-rooted vegetation that binds colluvium to bedrock; agricultural or forestry activities (logging), and urbanization...

a wide variety of deposits, e.g. loess, glacial till, river deposits, colluvium, and so forth, of Quaternary age. However, this term is most commonly...

rivers and streams and as a very thin and patchy surficial layer of either colluvium or eluvium. Wrangel Island coastline Wrangel Island is a breeding ground...

boulders at the base; soil deposits transported by gravity are called colluvium. The mechanism of transport also has a major effect on the particle shape...

an abyssal plain Breast-shaped hill – Hill shaped like a human breast Colluvium – Loose, unconsolidated sediments deposited at the base of a hillslope...

differences in soil chemistry, especially soil pH and redox potential. Alluvium Colluvium Diluvium Eluvium Glossary of Terms: I "Glossary of Soil Science Terms"...

fine sand and silt, both sand and silt sediments becoming converted into colluvium. The deposits of gold, tungsten, and silver have been mined frequently...

United States 2005 La Conchita landslide 200,000 m3 10 Remobilization of colluvium from 1995 slide into a debris flow. 17 Feb 2006 Southern Leyte, Philippines...

soil or sediment that is eroded and redeposited in a non-marine setting Colluvium – Loose, unconsolidated sediments deposited at the base of a hillslope...

angle, 7) paleo-sea cliff, 8) terrace cover deposits/marine deposits, colluvium, 9) alluvial fan, 10) decayed and covered sea cliff and shore platform...

which are produced by mass wasting. These are, in essence, lithified colluvium. Thick sequences of sedimentary (colluvial) breccias are generally formed...

Quaternary deposits consist of red bed sediments, laterites, pediment fans, colluvium, alluvium and coastal sands. The caves in the reserved forest area basically...

luere (see also diluere, fluere and pluere) abluent, ablution, alluvium, colluvium, deluge, depollute, diluent, dilute, dilution, dilutive, diluvial, diluvian...

include the Colma and Merced Formations, recent slope wash, ravine fill, colluvium, and alluvium. These surficial deposits unconformably overlay the much...

(160–1,310 ft) Coordinates 34°12′S 151°01′E / 34.2°S 151.01°E / -34.2; 151.01 Geology Monzonite Climate type Oceanic climate (Cfb) Soil types Colluvium...

sedimentary rocks, covered by a thin layer of Quaternary lake deposits, colluvium and alluvium. The Precambrian deposits on Antelope Island are some of...

and eventually sink to the bottom. Such materials can vary in texture. Colluvium or colluvial debris is the collection of large rock fragments that have...

the Pacific Ocean. It consists of Holocene and Pleistocene alluvium, colluvium, estuarine deposits, as well as marine terraces created during interglacial...