Mass Movement - Part 1

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*Talus, near Golden, CO (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Talus Slope, Glacier National Park (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Talus Cone, Glacier National Park (Photo © Duncan Heron)

*Talus, Wind River Range, Wyo. (Photo by Steve Heron)

Talus Cone, Canadian Rockies (Photo from NOAA)

Slump Diagram

*Slump in New Road Cut (Photo © Duncan Heron) Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Wake County, NC

Slump with Compressional Bulge at Base (Photo © Duncan Heron) Near Golden, CO

Foundation Excavation (Photo by Henry Johnson) Columbia, SC

Slump (Photo by Henry Johnson) Columbia, SC

The next fourteen images are of the Flowers Drive - Duke Gardens slump that started in late January 1984.

Slump Scarp on Flowers Dr, 2/5/84 (Photo © Duncan Heron) Duke University West Campus

Lake at Toe of Slump, 2/5/84 (Photo © Duncan Heron) Duke University West Campus

Small Scarp in Duke Gardens, 2/5/84 (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Flowage at Toe of Slum, 2/5/84 (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Broken Pavement, 2/12/84 (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Displaced Curb (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Crack in Duke Hospital Wall, 3/4/84 (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Displaced Curb, 3/4/84 (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Trees Leaning and Fallen (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Diabase Boulder exposed in slump scarp (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Diabase Boulder near slump (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Strain Gauge on Duke Hospital Wall (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Casion Form (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Toe of Flowers Drive Slump, May 1985 (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Rock Fall Diagram

Solifluction on Devon Island, Canada (Photo by Geo 41 Student)

*Solifluction Lobe, Alaska (Photo from NOAA)

Rock Glacier Plaque (Photo © Duncan Heron) Highway #40 Alberta Canada

Rock Glacier, West of Calgary Canada (Photo © Duncan Heron)

"Ripples" on Rock Glacier (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Debris Flow (Photo from NOAA)

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