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Title Comment Keywords
Mass Wasting 30 minutes / n.a. "mass wasting", "geologic hazard", landslide, construction, slope, slump, creep, movement, mitigation, mudflow, mountain, water, soil
Mass Wasting 02:02 - 03:25 (01:23) / 2.3 MB "James Sadd", "geologic hazard", "mass wasting", Armero, gravity, mountain, slope, landslide, boulder, road, landform, "Earth's surface", "sea floor", "plate tectonics", orogeny, landscape
Slopes 03:25 - 04:13 (00:48) / 1.1 MB "mass wasting", slope, construction, "glacial valley", riverbank, shore, wave, cliff, human
Causes of Mass Wasting 04:13 - 05:01 (00:48) / 0.9 MB construction, road, building, slope, water, soil, rock, pore space, "surface tension", "mass wasting", stability, over-steepening
Processes of Mass Wasting 05:01 - 05:33 (00:32) / 0.5 MB "James Sadd", "mass wasting", composition, movement, speed
Creep 05:33 - 06:57 (01:24) / 1.2 MB "mass wasting", creep, slope, soil, bedrock, gravity, water, season, Alaska, freeze, thaw, "geologic hazard"
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
Identifying Potential Problems 09:24 - 09:55 (00:31) / 0.5 MB "mass wasting", building, construction, mountain, coast, "geologic hazard"
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"
Ancient Landslide 10:27 - 11:12 (00:45) / 0.6 MB "Perry Ehlig", "mass wasting", landslide, "Portuguese Bend", "Palos Verdes Peninsula", road, construction, fill, slope, base, movement, "geologic hazard"
Living With the Slide 11:12 - 11:59 (00:47) / 1.1 MB "mass wasting", landslide, "Portuguese Bend", "Palos Verdes Peninsula", base, construction, "geologic hazard"
Leveling Houses 11:59 - 13:10 (01:11) / 1.7 MB "Steve Mirich", "geologic hazard", landslide, "Portuguese Bend", "Palos Verdes Peninsula", "mass wasting", construction, mitigation
Temporary Solutions 13:10 - 14:04 (00:54) / 1.1 MB "Bob McJones", landslide, "Portuguese Bend", "Palos Verdes Peninsula", "mass wasting", mitigation, "geologic hazard"
Lowering Water Table 14:04 - 15:04 (01:00) / 1.8 MB "Perry Ehlig", landslide, "Portuguese Bend", "Palos Verdes Peninsula", "mass wasting", "geologic hazard", "water table", well, movement, wave, erosion, base, gabion, shore
Wrightwood 15:25 - 15:50 (00:25) / 0.6 MB landslide, Wrightwood, California, "mass wasting", "geologic hazard", mudflow, "debris flow", storm
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"
Mudflow Channel 16:48 - 18:12 (01:24) / 1.6 MB "Wade Wells II", "U.S. Forest Service", hydrologist, "flood control channel", mountain, mudflow, rainfall, mud, "geologic hazard", Wrightwood, "San Andreas Fault", fault, bedrock, "mass wasting"
Mitigation 18:12 - 18:29 (00:17) / 0.4 MB "mass wasting", mitigation, mudflow, "flood control channel"
Rockslides 18:29 - 19:18 (00:49) / 1.4 MB "mass wasting", "rockslide", mudflow, "debris slide", mountain, slope, road, base, topography, valley, movement, "rock avalanche"
Construction Awareness 19:18 - 19:39 (00:21) / 0.6 MB "mass wasting", construction, "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
Final Report 22:57 - 24:28 (01:31) / 1.8 MB "Ann Meeker", "mass wasting", landslide, mitigation, construction, "core sample", data, drilling, map, "cross section", engineering, stability, slope, drainage, vegetation
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
Conclusion 26:22 - 26:59 (00:37) / 1.4 MB "James Sadd", "mass wasting", "geologic hazard", landscape, evolution, humans, slope, stability, water
Influence of Running Water 01:58 - 02:48 (00:50) / 0.7 MB "James Sadd", "Colorado River", continent, energy, river, "river channel", erosion, sediment, valley, "mass wasting", landform, slope
Rivers and Valleys 02:48 - 03:46 (00:58) / 1.2 MB "Douglas D. Rhodes", river, valley, geologist, "mass wasting", sediment, stream, erosion, slope, "base level", degradation, "flow velocity", sea, "sea level"
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