Mass Movement

• Mass movement is the shifting of material downhill due to gravity.
• What is mass movement?

  shifting of material downhill due to gravity.
• Four types of mass movement:

  • Sliding
  • Slumping
  • rockfalls
  • Mudflows
• Four types of mass movement

  • sliding
  • Slumping
  • rockfalls
  • Mudflows
• Sliding is when material shifts downhill in a straight line
• What is sliding?

  Sliding is when material shifts downhill in a straight line
• Slumping is when material shifts downhill with a rotation
• What is slumping?

  Slumping is when material shifts downwhill with a rotation
• Rockfall is where rocks fall from cliffs due to gravity, weathering or erosion
• What is rockfall?

  Rockfall is where rocks fall from cliffs due to gravity, weathering or erosion
• Mudflows is when material flows downslope
• What is mudflows?

  when material flows downslope