Abstract
Landslides, ground settlement and avalanches interfere widely and persistently with man’s activities. The scale ranges from slumps a few meters in dimension, causing only minor inconvenience, to rare gigantic slides or avalanches, kilometers in size, affecting sizeable populations. Because similar soil, rock or snow properties play a part in each process at all scales, they will be described together in this chapter, with the main reference to slides.
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Bolt, B.A., Horn, W.L., Macdonald, G.A., Scott, R.F. (1977). Hazards from Landslides. In: Geological Hazards. Springer Study Edition. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7101-8_4
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