Colluvium (also colluvial material or colluvial soil) is a general name for loose, unconsolidated sediments that have been deposited at the base of hillslopes...
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origin. Alluvium and diluvium were grouped together as colluvium in the late 19th century. "Colluvium" is now generally understood to mean sediments produced...
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Landslide classification (redirect from Colluvium-filled bedrock hollow)
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...
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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...
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resistance of the ground surface. Channel heads are often associated with colluvium, hollows and landslides. Overland flow is a primary factor in channel...
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either talus, in the case of the talus flatirons, or pedisediment and colluvium that cover pediments, in the case of pediment flatirons. Their surfaces...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Confinement system used in construction and geotechnical engineering Colluvium – Loose, unconsolidated sediments deposited at the base of a hillslope...
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loads); in shallow soils, the removal of deep-rooted vegetation that binds colluvium to bedrock; agricultural or forestry activities (logging), and urbanization...
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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...
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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...
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on Mount Rainier are mostly gravelly ashy sandy loams developed from colluvium or glacial till mixed with volcanic tephra. Under forest cover their profiles...
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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...
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an abyssal plain Breast-shaped hill – Hill shaped like a human breast Colluvium – Loose, unconsolidated sediments deposited at the base of a hillslope...
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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...
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differences in soil chemistry, especially soil pH and redox potential. Alluvium Colluvium Diluvium Eluvium Glossary of Terms: I "Glossary of Soil Science Terms"...
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fine sand and silt, both sand and silt sediments becoming converted into colluvium. The deposits of gold, tungsten, and silver have been mined frequently...
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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...
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soil or sediment that is eroded and redeposited in a non-marine setting Colluvium – Loose, unconsolidated sediments deposited at the base of a hillslope...
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luere (see also diluere, fluere and pluere) abluent, ablution, alluvium, colluvium, deluge, depollute, diluent, dilute, dilution, dilutive, diluvial, diluvian...
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sedimentary rocks, covered by a thin layer of Quaternary lake deposits, colluvium and alluvium. The Precambrian deposits on Antelope Island are some of...
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Quaternary deposits consist of red bed sediments, laterites, pediment fans, colluvium, alluvium and coastal sands. The caves in the reserved forest area basically...
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which are produced by mass wasting. These are, in essence, lithified colluvium. Thick sequences of sedimentary (colluvial) breccias are generally formed...
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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...
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include the Colma and Merced Formations, recent slope wash, ravine fill, colluvium, and alluvium. These surficial deposits unconformably overlay the much...
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the Pacific Ocean. It consists of Holocene and Pleistocene alluvium, colluvium, estuarine deposits, as well as marine terraces created during interglacial...
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(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...
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(southeast) is composed of soil dating from the Quaternary (fluvial deposits, colluvium and scree) and soils of the Late Jurassic period (calcareous clay and...
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