debris slide

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 (does not exhibit backward rotation) and resulting in an irregular, hummocky deposit somewhat resembling a moraine.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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