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Rockslide logo #10101) Climbing danger 2) Danger for a climber 3) Fictional golem 4) Italian superhero 5) Landslide 6) Landslip
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Rockslide logo #10101) Landslip
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Rockslide logo #21000 A rockslide is a type of landslide caused by rock failure in which part of the plane of failure passes through intact rock and material collapses en masse and not in individual blocks. While a landslide occurs when loose dirt or sediment falls down a slope, a rockslide occurs only when solid rocks are transported down slope. The rocks tumble downh...
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rockslide logo #21003(from the article `landslide`) Rockslides and other types of slides involve the displacement of material along one or more discrete shearing surfaces. The sliding can extend ...
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Rockslide logo #22392A type of mass wasting in which a large volume of rock debris slides down a slope under the influenc
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Rockslide logo #22331A landslide in which a newly detached segment of bedrock suddenly slides over an inclined surface of weakness (such as a joint or bedding plane).
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rockslide logo #23000 A landslide involving mainly large blocks of detached bedrock with little or no soil or sand.
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rockslide logo #20400[n] - a landslide of rocks
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rockslide logo #20974 noun a landslide of rocks
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rockslide logo #22327(rock avalanche) A slide involving a downward and usually sudden movement of newly detached segments of bedrock sliding or slipping over an inclined surface of weakness such as a bedding plane, fault plane, or joint surface.
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