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Slope Failure - Kean University
Slope FailureIntroductionSlope Failure FactorsSlope Failure ProcessesSummaryThe whole black earth is oppressed beneath the storm .. all the riversflow in flood, and many hillsides are furrowed deeply by the torrents, andthey rush to the purple sea from the mountains, roaring mightily, and thefields of men are Weathering can produce a thick mantle of unconsolidatedmaterial on slopes that may fail as a result of humanactivity or natural processes. Mass wasting is the downslope movement of materialunder the influence of gravity and mass wastingphenomena can be linked to weathering processes. Mass wasting processes may be slow and gradual or swiftand debris may collect on slopes or form new slopes inareas with relatively rapid weathering rates. Thisunconsolidated material is susceptible to collapse resulting inslope Failure .
downslope, crossed the river, and moved 130 meters up the opposite slope. The whole event took just three minutes and formed a natural dam across the valley. The dam failed nearly two years later causing a flood that killed six people. The …
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