Permafrost Vocabularies

Permafrost Vocabularies

multiple retrogressive slide

Link: http://w3id.org/permafrost/v/ipaglossary/t0211

Within: IPA Permafrost Glossary

Definition: A type of mass movement associated with shear failure in unfrozen sediments underlying permafrost, leading to detachment of blocks of frozen ground that move downslope.

Term multiple retrogressive slide en
glissement régressifmultiple fr
Comment A degree of back-tilting or rotation of the failure components may be involved. en
dcterms:source https://doi.org/10.4224/20386561 xsd:anyURI

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