debris fall

debris fall
   The mass movement process, associated sediments (debris fall deposit), or resultant landform characterized by a rapid type of fall involving the relatively free, downslope movement or collapse of detached, unconsolidated material which falls freely through the air (lacks an underlying slip face); sediments have substantial proportions of both fine earth and rock fragments; common along undercut stream banks.
   Compare: rockfall, soil fall, landslide.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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