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Science - Geology / academic paper on badland environments | | Italian term or phrase: scorrimento | "L’acclività elevata del pendio e la bassa permeabilità dei litotipi che lo compongono, riducono l’infiltrazione dell’acqua nel terreno e ne favoriscono il veloce deflusso superficiale in rivoli, con la conseguente incisione di un fitto reticolo di drenaggio. Dalla evoluzione del reticolo può prendere origine la forma calanchiva, che può essere assimilata ad un piccolo bacino idrografico. Sono presenti in alcuni casi processi erosivi per movimenti di massa, per lo più riconducibili a frane di tipo colamento e ***scorrimento***. I processi di pendio e lo sviluppo del sistema di drenaggio sono fortemente condizionati dalla topografia iniziale del versante d’alimentazione."
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| | | slip / slide | Explanation:
It is where the landslide occurs by earth slipping on a slip surface, rather than a simple flow of earth (colamento)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=landslide slip...
http://www.enotes.com/earth-science/landslide
Commonly used landslide classification systems rely on separate terms to describe the type of movement (falling, toppling, sliding, spreading, or flowing) and the type of material involved. Unlithified material is classified as debris if it is predominantly coarse-grained (sand, gravel, cobbles, or boulders) and earth if it is primarily fine-grained (silt or clay). |
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10 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +3 slip / slide
Explanation:
It is where the landslide occurs by earth slipping on a slip surface, rather than a simple flow of earth (colamento)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=landslide slip...
http://www.enotes.com/earth-science/landslide
Commonly used landslide classification systems rely on separate terms to describe the type of movement (falling, toppling, sliding, spreading, or flowing) and the type of material involved. Unlithified material is classified as debris if it is predominantly coarse-grained (sand, gravel, cobbles, or boulders) and earth if it is primarily fine-grained (silt or clay).
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