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Landslides The two regions most vulnerable to landslides are the Himalayas and the Western Ghats The Himalayas mountain belt comprise of tectonically unstable younger geological formations subjected. Mountains. Karl M. Emanuel. North Zone Geologist. Black Hills National Forest. This slide shows generalized illustrations of most of the major landslide types.. All of the these slope failure styles are seen within the Black Hills, but most of the those observed in our area are of the following types.. Weathering and Erosion. Shaping the Earth’s Crust. The rocks and soil of the earth’s crust are continually being worn down because of a number of processes.. These processes are known collectively as . Mass Movements. AICE Environmental Management. United States landslide incidence and susceptibility map.. National Atlas of the United States. ®. Mass Movements. La . Conchita. , coastal area of southern California. This landslide and . Soil mantled landscape. Bedrock landscape. Relative balance between erosion and production of soil . Transport limited. Weathering limited. Soil production. (p, dimensions L/T). Soil thickness (h, dimension L). Lab . 6 . - . Landslides and Mass Wasting. Oct. . 9. . - . 12. , . 2012. Department of Earth Sciences. Department of Earth Sciences. REVIEW . | . 2. QUIZ . 4 . REVIEW. Mauna . Loa. Mauna . Kea. What . Causes of mass wasting. Types of mass wasting. slumps. falls . slides. flows. Mass Wasting. . –. . downslope. movement of debris in response to gravity.. http://students.washington.edu/cdcdcd/. Agents. of Weathering and Erosion. Gravity not only influences. the movement of water and ice but also causes rocks and soil to move downslope.. Mass Movement: the movement of any material, such as rock, soil, or snow, downslope. Denudation Processes. Means do what's on the slide. Means read the slide. While volcanic activity in . TVC . leads mainly to building up the mountains, the weathering-erosion-transport-deposition system is trying to level them down. Isostatic sea level change can be attributed to the wait of ice. And is a local change because the ice only covers a local area. . Eustatic . YOU STATIC change – caused by you as you cause global warming which cause ice cap melt which adds water to the see.. Ryan terry . geography 1000 . e-portfolio fall 2015. What is a landslide? . Definition: The downward sliding of a relatively dry mass of earth and rock. (. Dictionary.com. ). The term landslide includes a wide range of ground movement such as rock falls, deep failure of slopes, and shallow debris flows.. erosion is the process by which the products of weathering are transported. agents of erosion are gravity, wind, glaciers, water, ocean waves, currents streams, groundwater. What is erosion?. What is Soil Erosion?. Mountains. Karl M. Emanuel. North Zone Geologist. Black Hills National Forest. This slide shows generalized illustrations of most of the major landslide types.. All of the these slope failure styles are seen within the Black Hills, but most of the those observed in our area are of the following types.. Falls and Topples. Photograph by Chua Chin Hon, Straits Times, Singapore.). Rockfall. near . Wenchuan. , . China. . A massive earthquake hit the area on May . 12, 2008. This . event closed the . entrance and exit to . CLASSIFICATION OF ROCKS:. ON THE BASIS OF MODE OF FORMATION ROCKS ARE CLASSIFIED INTO THREE CATEGORIES:. 1 IGNEOUS ROCKS. 2 SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. 3 METAMORPHIC ROCKS.  . ROCKS. IGNEOUS ROCKS:.  . IGNEOUS ROCKS, ALSO KNOWN AS PRIMARY ROCKS ARE FORMED BY SOLIDIFICATION OF MAGMA. MAGMA IS MOLTEN ROCK MATERIAL CONSISTING OF LIQUID,GAS AND CRYSTAL.IGNEOUS ROCKS ARE RECODS OF THERMAL HISTORY OF EARTH..