GEOL 1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Radionuclide, Decay Product, Mass Wasting
11 May 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Cut the parent life in half and send the other half to the daughter side. Then you have to multiply the number of half-lives by how long each half-life is. *half-lives cannot be changed or altered in any way* The type of material involved (rock, soil, mud) The slow to very rapid descent of rock or soil. The maximum slope angle that loose unconsolidated material can have (30* to. Creep-very slow downslope movement of soil (less than a centimeter per year) Earthflow- earth moves downslope as a viscous fluid. Solifluction-flow of water-saturated soil over impermeable material (occurs in areas of permafrost) Debris flow-a flow involving soil in which coarse material (gravel, boulders) dominate. Mudflow-a flowing mixture of soil and water usually moving down a channel. Debris avalanche-a fast variety of debris flow, a rapidly moving turbulent mass of debris, air and water. Rockfall-when a block of bedrock breaks off and falls freely or bounces down a cliff.
