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Our transcription: If we think of mass wasting as a kind of continuum with creep representing the slowest form of movement, the next fastest would be "slump." Frequently, slump occurs on hillsides that have a thick cover of loose rocky debris. This takes place most commonly after heavy rains saturate the ground. What starts out as a block of slumping earth, often spreads out as an earthflow downslope. Depending on the amount of water, this type of mass wasting can be active over a period of hours, days, or months. In some earthflows, intermittent slow movement continues for years with large quantities of soft or easily weathered bedrock on the move.
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