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USGS CMG InfoBank Geology School: slump Skip navigational links Search InfoBank     Dictionaries: The USGS and Science Education   USGS Fact Sheets   Topics   Keywords   Data Dictionary   Metadata Dictionary   Computer Terminology   Digital Formats InfoBank Terms: Activity ID   activity overview   crew   formal metadata   lines   metadata   NGDC   port stops   project/theme   region   ship   stations   time   virtual globe   year   Data Types: bathymetry   geodetic positioning   gravity   ground penetrating radar   imagery   LIDAR   magnetics   metering equipment   navigation   samples   seismic   definitions disclaimer   Data Formats: ARC coverage   E00   FGDC metadata   gridded/image   imaging   material   scattered/swath   Shapefile   vector/polygon       Title Comment Keywords Mass Wasting 30 minutes / n.a. "mass wasting", "geologic hazard", landslide, construction, slope, slump, creep, movement, mitigation, mudflow, mountain, water, soil Slump 06:57 - 07:45 (00:48) / 1.0 MB "mass wasting", speed, movement, slump, "rocky debris", rainfall, earthflow, bedrock Point Fermin 07:45 - 09:24 (01:39) / 2.3 MB "James Sadd", "Perry Ehlig", slump, "mass wasting", "Point Fermin", California, wave, erosion, "coastal bluff", slipping, over-steepening, speed, movement, block, landslide, "Coast Highway", "Paseo del Mar", beach Palos Verdes Peninsula 09:55 - 10:27 (00:32) / 0.8 MB "mass wasting", "Palos Verdes Peninsula", California, "Portuguese Bend", landslide, creep, slump, earthflow, slope, "geologic hazard" Mudflows and Debris Flows 15:50 - 16:48 (00:58) / 2.5 MB "mass wasting", "mudflow", "debris flow", creep, slump, landslide, water, movement, viscosity, density, sand, silt, boulder, rainfall, snow, gravity, "geologic hazard" Geologic Site Investigation 19:39 - 20:52 (01:13) / 1.5 MB "Ann Meeker", "Schaeffer Dixon and Associates", "mass wasting", geology, construction, map, landslide, outcrop, bedding, dip, structure, fault, creep, slump, stability Evidence of Mass Wasting 20:52 - 21:38 (00:46) / 1.1 MB "Ann Meeker", "mass wasting", creep, slump, downslope, depression, mitigation, construction Possible Landslide 21:38 - 22:57 (01:19) / 1.7 MB "Ann Meeker", "mass wasting", landslide, creep, slump, mitigation, building, construction, drilling, geologist, structure, soil, sampling, "grain size", moisture, color, slope, fill, engineering Problem of Major Proportions 24:28 - 25:37 (01:09) / 1.7 MB "mass wasting", "geologic hazard", creep, soil, slump, earthflow, bedrock, "Portuguese Bend", "Point Fermin", landslide Destructive Flows 25:37 - 26:22 (00:45) / 1.8 MB "mass wasting", "geologic hazard", speed, creep, slump, landslide, rainfall, mountain, canyon, viscosity, density, mudflow, debris flow, rockslide, "rock avalanche", valley Geology School Keywords Skip footer navigational links InfoBank   Menlo Park & Santa Cruz Centers   St. Petersburg Center   Woods Hole Center   Coastal and Marine Geology Program   Geologic Information   Ask-A-Geologist   USGS Disclaimer

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