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mass movement
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mass movement

 or mass wasting

Bulk movements of soil and rock debris down slopes, or the sinking of confined areas of the Earth's ground surface. The term mass wasting refers only to gravity-driven processes that move large masses of earthen material from one place to another. The term mass movement includes the sinking of confined areas.



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Subaqueous mass wasting, wave action from Lake Agassiz, and subaerial erosion modified the original distribution of material.
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``The potential for erosion, mass wasting, landslides, mud flows and slope failures are clearly evident in the geological map of the property,'' according to his report.
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