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in Pakistan ]] A landslide is a Geological Phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rock falls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows. Although Gravity 's action on an over-steepened slope is the primary reason for a landslide, there are other contributing factors affecting the original Slope Stability : WHAT QUALIFIES AS A LANDSLIDE? In order to clarify the meaning of the word "landslide", the main points of agreement among various authors in the terminological definitions of landslide events can be summarised as follows:
CAUSES OF LANDSLIDES , which buried more than 100 homes, was caused by extensive accumulation of rains and, according to some sources, lightning.]] See Also: Causes of landslides Natural causes:
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LANDSLIDE TYPES ]] See Also: Landslide types and classification Debris flow Slope material that becomes Saturated with Water may develop into a Debris Flow or Mud Flow . The resulting slurry of Rock and mud may pick up trees, houses, and cars, thus blocking Bridge s and Tributaries causing Flooding along its path. Debris flow is often mistaken for flash flood, but they are entirely different processes. Muddy-debris flows in Alpine areas cause severe damage to structures and infrastructure and often claim human lives. Muddy-debris flows can start as a result of slope-related factors, and shallow landslides can dam Stream Bed s, provoking temporary water blockage. As the impoundments fail, a " Domino effect" may be created, with a remarkable growth in the volume of the flowing mass, which takes up the Debris in the stream channel. The solid-liquid mixture can reach densities of up to 2 tons/m³ and velocities of up to 14 m/s (Chiarle and Luino, 1998; Arattano, 2003). These processes normally cause the first severe road interruptions, due not only to deposits accumulated on the road (from several cubic metres to hundreds of cubic metres), but in some cases to the complete removal of bridges or roadways or railways crossing the stream channel. Damage usually derive from a common underestimation of mud-debris flows: in the alpine valleys, for example, bridges are frequently destroyed by the impact force of the flow because their span is usually calculated only for a water discharge. For a small basin in the Italian Alps (area = 1.76 km&2) affected by a debris flow, Chiarle and Luino (1998) estimated a peak discharge of 750 m3/s for a section located in the middle stretch of the main channel. At the same cross section, the maximum foreseeable water discharge (by HEC-1), was 19 m³/s, a value about 40 times lower than that calculated for the debris flow that occurred. Earth flow , Mexico .]] Earthflows are downslope, viscous flows of saturated, fine-grained materials, that move at any speed from slow to fast. Typically, they can move at speeds from .17 to 20 km/h. Though these are a lot like mudflows, overall they are slower moving and are covered with solid material carried along by flow from within. They are different from fluid flows in that flows in that they are more rapid. Clay, fine sand and silt, and fine-grained, pyroclastic material are all susceptible to earthflows. The velocity of the earthflow is all dependent on how much water content is in the flow itself: if there is more water content in the flow, the higher the velocity will be. These flows usually begin when the pore pressures in a fine-grained mass increase until enough of the weight of the material is supported by pore water to significantly decrease the internal shearing strength of the material. This thereby creates a bulging lobe which advances with a slow, rolling motion. As these lobes spread out, drainage of the mass increases and the margins dry out, thereby lowering the overall velocity of the flow. This process causes the flow to thicken. The bulbous variety of earthflows are not that spectacular, but they are much more common than their rapid counterparts. They develop a sag at their heads and are usually derived from the slumping at the source. Earthflows occur much more during periods of high precipitation, which saturates the ground and adds water to the slope content. Fissures develop during the movement of clay-like material creates the intrusion of water into the earthflows. Water then increases the pore-water pressure and reduces the shearing strength of the material.Easterbrook, Don J. ''Surface Processes and Landforms.'' Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1999. Sturzstrom A Sturzstrom is a rare, poorly understood type of landslide. Often very large, these slides are unusually mobile, flowing very far over a low angle, flat, or even slightly uphill terrain. They are suspected of "riding" on a blanket of pressurized air, thus reducing friction with the underlying surface. See Also: Slump Shallow landslide in Blair County , Pennsylvania . Part of a hill of Devonian Shale was removed to make the road, forming a dip-slope. The upper block detached along a bedding plane and is sliding down the hill, forming a jumbled pile of rock at the toe of the slide.]] Landslide in which the sliding surface is located within the Soil mantle or Weathered Bedrock (typically to a depth from few decimetres to some metres). They usually include debris slides, Debris Flow , and failures of road cut-slopes. Landslides occurring as single large blocks of rock moving slowly down slope are sometimes called block glides. Deep-seated landslide Landslides in which the sliding surface is mostly deeply located below the maximum rooting depth of trees (typically to depths greater than ten metres). Deep-seated landslides usually involve deep Regolith , weathered rock, and/or Bedrock and include large Slope Failure associated with translational, rotational, or complex movement. RELATED PHENOMENA An Avalanche , similar in mechanism to a landslide, involves a large amount of ice, snow and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountain. Usually the snow builds in Cornice s or forms over a weaker layer of snow which increases the danger of an avalanche. A Pyroclastic Flow is caused by a collapsing cloud of hot Ash , gas and rocks from a volcanic explosion that moves rapidly down an erupting Volcano . HISTORICAL LANDSLIDES in British Columbia , Canada .]]
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