Landslide Classification Quiz
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Which types of landslides are excluded from influential narrower definitions?

  • Rockslides and sinkholes
  • Rock avalanches and earthflows
  • Falls and topples
  • Lateral spreads and mass flows (correct)

    • What are the causes of landslides usually related to?

  • Mountain side rockslides
  • Undercutting and toppling
  • Fluidisation in slopes
  • Instabilities in slopes (correct)

    • According to the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, which type of landslide is distinguished by undercutting?

  • Rockslide
  • Fall (correct)
  • Sinkhole
  • Slump

    • What distinguishes landslide causes from landslide triggers?

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    What do influential narrower definitions restrict landslides to?

    <p>Slumps and translational slides in rock and regolith</p> Signup and view all the answers

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