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Record 1 1989-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
DEF

Slow downhill movements such as rock and soil creep.

CONT

"Slow flowage" is characteristic in a slow downslope movement of superficial soil or rock debris (only a few feet deep).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Mécanique des sols
CONT

Dans la riche nomenclature qui existe, surtout à l'étranger, pour désigner chaque type de glissement de terrain, certains termes méritent une attention particulière (...) Il faut signaler (...) les écroulements (...); les fauchages (flowages) qui consistent en une déformation continue sans surface de glissement; ils se divisent à leur tour en fauchage lent (slow flowage ou creep) et fauchage rapide (rapid flow); (...)

Spanish

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