Slope Failure
Mass Wasting or Slope Failure After reading this article , you should be able to : Explain how slope stability is related to slope angle Summarize some of the factors that influence the strength of material on slopes, including types of rock, presence and orientation of planes of weakness such as bedding or fracture , type of unconsolidated material and the effect of water summarize the type of motions that can happen during mass Wasting Early in the morning on Jan 9, 1965 , 47 million cubic meters of rock broke away from the steep upper slope of johnson Peak and roared 2000 m down the mountain, which is shown in above figure . four people who have been stooped on the highway by a snow avalanche were killed. Mass Wasting is synonymous with " slop failure " is the failure and downslope movement of rock or unconsolidated material in the response to gravity. the term ' land slide' is almost synonymous with mass wasting