Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
debris — [[t]de͟ɪbri, AM deɪbri͟ː[/t]] N UNCOUNT Debris is pieces from something that has been destroyed or pieces of rubbish or unwanted material that are spread around. I stood at the foot of the collapsed tower and watched the rescue workers sifting… … English dictionary
debris storm — noun the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building the destruction of the building produced an enormous debris surge • Syn: ↑debris surge • Hypernyms: ↑rush, ↑spate, ↑surge, ↑upsurge … Useful english dictionary
debris surge — noun the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building the destruction of the building produced an enormous debris surge • Syn: ↑debris storm • Hypernyms: ↑rush, ↑spate, ↑surge, ↑upsurge … Useful english dictionary
debris slide — The mass movement process, associated sediments (debris slide deposit), or resultant landform characterized by a rapid type of slide, composed of comparatively dry and largely unconsolidated earthy material which slides or rolls downslope… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
lateral spread — A category of mass movement processes, associated sediments (lateral spread deposit), or resultant landform characterized by a very rapid spread dominated by lateral movement in a soil or fractured rock mass resulting from liquefaction or… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
earth spread — The mass movement process, associated sediments (earth spread deposit), or resultant landform characterized by a very rapid type of spread dominated by lateral movement in a soil mass resulting from liquefaction or plastic flow of underlying… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
rock spread — The mass movement process, associated sediments (rock spread deposit), or resultant landform characterized by a very rapid type of spread dominated by lateral movement in a rock mass resulting from liquefaction or plastic flow of underlying… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
rotational debris slide — The mass movement process, associated sediments (rotational debris slide deposit), or resultant landform characterized by an extremely slow to moderately rapid type of slide, composed of comparatively dry and largely unconsolidated earthy… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
translational debris slide — The mass movement process, associated sediments (translational debris slide deposit), or resultant landform characterized by an extremely slow to moderately rapid type of slide, composed of comparatively dry and largely unconsolidated earthy… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
Deorbit of Mir — The deorbit of Mir was the controlled atmospheric re entry of the modular Russian space station Mir carried out on March 23, 2001. Major components ranged from about 5 to 15 years in age, and included the Mir Core Module, Kvant 1, Kvant 2,… … Wikipedia
