geo. (Relatively quick flowage movement of water-saturated clayey or silty earth material down low-angle terraces or hillsides, forming a circular cut, or shear plane and a bulging accumulation mound; cf. GGT 1979; however, dry flows of granular material are also possible; â–ºmass slippage [US]/mass movement [UK]); s alud [m] de tierras [Es, YV] (Tipo de â–ºmovimiento gravitacional rápido causado por la saturación del suelo arcilloso o limoso de terrazas ligeramente inclinadas o en pendientes, caracterizado por un plano de corte circular sobre el que se produce y un montÃculo de acumulación); syn. flujo [m] de tierras [CO, EC], flujo [m] de barro [RCH] (MESU 1977); f coulée [f] de terre [f] (Mouvement rapide de descente sur un versant de matériaux fortement imbibés d’eau en masse et mettant en place des accumulations bosselées ou en forme de langue ; à l’état de liquidité, on parle de « coulée boueuse » ; cf. DG 1984, 419 ; â–ºmouvement de masse) ; syn. écoulement [m] de sol ; g Erdschlipf...
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(2010). 1676 earthflow [n]. In: Evert, KJ., Ballard (deceased), E.B., Elsworth, D.J., Oquiñena, I., Schmerber, JM., Stipe (deceased), R.E. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76435-9_3819
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