Objectives For Final - Chapter 9
- Describe how mass wasting processes relate to gravity, steepness of slope, water content, strength of geologic material, and subsurface geology.
- Explain how moisture content, clay content and pore water pressure affect the internal cohesion of sediment and soil.
- Explain how cementation, lithification, orientation of slip surface (fractures and bedding planes) affects the internal cohesion of rock.
- Describe how engineering can inhibit different types of mass wasting.