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NALT Completo

ámbitos de estudio
geología
movimiento de masas

Preferred term

movimiento de masas

Type

Topic

Definition

Movimiento sobre una ladera de una porción de la superficie del terreno, es decir, un único derrumbe o movimiento cuesta abajo gradual y simultáneo de la masa total de tierra suelta sobre una ladera.
Source: Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station
Type: https://lod.nal.usda.gov/naltv#Definition

Broader concept

geología

Narrower concepts

In other languages

mass movement

English
debris avalanches
mass wasting

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/499

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