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Page 1: Test 1 Grades were “Fair”, But ADD 10 POINTS to Your Score (Don’t Count on it for Next Test!) Grades After “Curve” A/B = 88 B/C = 75 C/D = 62 D/F = 50.

Test 1 Grades were “Fair”,

But ADD 10 POINTS to Your Score

(Don’t Count on it for Next Test!)

Grades After “Curve”

A/B = 88

B/C = 75

C/D = 62

D/F = 50

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Evidence Why You Should Attend Class Regularly

# of Quizzes Taken Avg. Grade

3 69.23 71.05

2 60.36 59.88

1 58.46 57.16

0 56.17 59.33*

Quiz Attendance (a proxy for overall attendance) explains a full letter grade difference in Test 1 scores!

* Only 3 tests, so probably not Significant

1999 2000

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Question of Time - Quiz

• If you plotted all of geologic time on a time line as long as the circumference of the Earth (25,000 mi or 40,000 km), what distance would represent 1 year?

• What distance would represent 75 years?

• What distance would represent 1 semester (4 months)?

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The Whole Earth Time Line

• Circumference of the Earth is 25,000 mi (40,000 km)

• What distance would represent 1 year?

• Divide Distance by # of Years (4,600,000,000 yr)

• Easiest if We Use Metric Units

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The Whole Earth Time Line

40,000 km / 4,600,000,000 yr =

distance represented by 1 year?

40,000,000 m / 4,600,000,000 yr =

4,000,000,000 cm / 4,600,000,000 yr =

0.87 cm / yr (0.34 inch / year)

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The Whole Earth Time Line

0.87 cm / yr (0.34 inch / year)

X 75 yr = 65 cm (Lifetime = 25.7 inches)

X 0.33 yr = 0.29 cm (Semester = 0.7 inch)

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Don’t Write This Down!

40,000,000,000,000 microns / (4,600,000,000 yr X 365 day/yr X 24 hr/day) = 0.99 micron / hour

This Lecture would be just over 1 micron long on the Whole Earth Time Line.

The paper you are writing on is about 100 microns thick

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Fill out the landslide classification chart on the next slide:

Put a next to the two most deadly types of landslides worldwide.

Put a $ next to the most costly types of landslides in the Appalachians.

Put a Flying WV next to all landslides common in the Appalachian region

Which 2 States lead the US in Landslide damage per person?

Which 2 States lead the US in Total Landslide Damage?

What are the causes of Landslides?

This Quiz MUST BE TURNED IN TODAY (15 February, 2000) for any credit.

Geology 1 (Kite) Quiz 4 15 Feb 2000

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“Soil”

Debris EarthRock

Typ

e of

Mot

ion

Fall

Topple

Flow

Avalanche

Landslides

Planar Slide

Rotational Slide

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Last Time We Learned...Best Way to Break Rock:

Create Tension Within.

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Cement Leached Out by CaCO3 Dissolution

• NOx or SO2 or CO2 + Water = Acid

Acid + Calcite = Ions in Solution

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Cement Leached Out by CaCO3 Dissolution

• NOx or SO2 or CO2 + Water = Acid

– Acid + Calcite = Ions in Solution

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Cement Leached Out by CaCO3 Dissolution

• NOx or SO2 or CO2 + Water = Acid

– Acid + Calcite = Ions in Solution

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Role of Rock Type

• Bedding, Foliation, Joints = Avenues for Weathering

• Spheroidal Weathering .

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Weathering “Front”

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Weathering “Rind”

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Speroidal Weathering

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Role of Rock Type

• Porosity: % Void Space

• Permeability: Ability for Fluid to Penetrate

• Particle Size: –Volume v. Surface Area .

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Weathering“Facies”

Strong P

hysic

al

Strong P

hysic

al

StrongChemical

VeryVerySlightSlight

Rainfall

Tem

p

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SOILS

• Soils (Engineering): Unconsolidated Earthy Materials

• Soils (Soil Science, Geology) Unconsolidated Earthy Materials that Support Life

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Transported Soils vs. Residual Soils

Wind Deposits in Situ Weathering

Stream Deposits of Bedrock

Glacier Deposits

Beach Deposits

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Soil-Forming Factors

• Climate

• Organisms

• Relief (Topography)

• Parent Material

• Time .

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Soil Orders - USASoils Vary a Great Deal From Region to Region

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Ye Olde Soil Horizons

A - Topsoil

B - Subsoil

C - Unaltered Unconsolidated Material .

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Ye Olde Soil Horizons

A - Topsoil

B - Subsoil

C - Unaltered Unconsolidated Material

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Modern Soil Horizons

O - Organic Mat at the Surface

A - Topsoil: Removal of Clay, Iron, etc.

B - Subsoil: Accumulation of Clay, Iron,

Humus, etc.

C - Barely Altered Unconsolidated Material

R - Solid Bedrock .

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Modern Soil Horizons

A

B

C

O

R

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Mass Movement = Mass Wasting

=colluvial processes

=slope processes

=slope failures

=LANDSLIDES

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Strength of Slope = Cohesion + Strength of Material

• Strength of Material Varies with Moisture

• Poor Drainage: Slope Instability .

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Angle of Internal Friction

Stable Angle of Slope for a Material .

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Angle of Internal Friction

• Qtz Sandstone = 90o

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Angle of Internal Friction

Shale = 45o

or 1:1 Slope

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Angle of Internal Friction

• Old Landslide Deposits = 5-25o

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Angle of Internal Friction

• Clay = 1-15o

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Shear Strength/Shear Stress

=Factor of Safety

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“Soil”

Debris EarthRock

Typ

e of

Mot

ion

Fall

Topple

Planar Slide

Rotational Slide

Flow

Avalanche

Rock Fall Debris Fall Earth Fall

Rock Topple Debris Topple Earth Topple

Rock Slide Debris Slide Earth Slide

Rock Slump Debris Slump Earth Slump

Rock Flow Debris Flow Earth Flow

Rock Avalanche

Debris Avalanche

Earth Avalanche

Landslides

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Basic Landslide Classification

Material

“Soil”

Debris EarthRock

Typ

e of

Mot

ion

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Material

Soil: Unconsolidated Material

Debris: >20 % Big Stuff (>2 mm)

Earth: <20 % Big Stuff (>2 mm)

Rock: Bedrock

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“Soil”

Debris EarthRock

Typ

e o

f M

oti

on

Fall

Topple

Planar Slide

Rotational Slide

Flow

Avalanche

Landslides

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Types of Landslides

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“Soil”

Debris EarthRock

Typ

e of

Mot

ion

Fall

Topple

Planar Slide

Rotational Slide

Flow

Avalanche

Rock Fall Debris Fall Earth Fall

Rock Topple Debris Topple Earth Topple

Rock Slide Debris Slide Earth Slide

Rock Slump Debris Slump Earth Slump

Rock Flow Debris Flow Earth Flow

Rock Avalanche Debris Avalanche Earth Avalanche

Landslides

Fall

Topple

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FallTopple

Landslides

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Landslides - Topple

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Fall

Landslides - Rock Fall

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70 ton Boulder: “Mon” Blvd., 10 March 1994

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“Soil”

Debris EarthRock

Typ

e of

Mot

ion

Fall

Topple

Planar Slide

Rotational Slide

Flow

Avalanche

Rock Fall Debris Fall Earth Fall

Rock Topple Debris Topple Earth Topple

Rock Slide Debris Slide Earth Slide

Rock Slump Debris Slump Earth Slump

Rock Flow Debris Flow Earth Flow

Rock Avalanche Debris Avalanche Earth Avalanche

Landslides

Planar Slide

Rotational Slide

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Planar Slide = “Slide”

Rotational Slide = “Slump”

Landslides

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Planar Slide = “Slide”

Rotational Slide = “Slump”

Landslides

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Planar Slide = “Slide”

Rotational Slide = “Slump”

Landslides

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“Slump”

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Slump in California

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“Slump”

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La Conchita, CaliforniaSlump

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Slump, La Concita, California

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Hurricane Georges (1998)Slump, Puerto Rico

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Seattle Shoreline

Where Would You Be Safe?

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“Soil”

Debris EarthRock

Typ

e of

Mot

ion

Fall

Topple

Planar Slide

Rotational Slide

Flow

Avalanche

Rock Fall Debris Fall Earth Fall

Rock Topple Debris Topple Earth Topple

Rock Slide Debris Slide Earth Slide

Rock Slump Debris Slump Earth Slump

Rock Flow Debris Flow Earth Flow

Rock Avalanche

Debris Avalanche

Earth Avalanche

Landslides

Flow

Avalanche

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La Guaira, Venezuela: Dec 1999

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La Guaira, Venezuela: Dec 1999 15,000 to 100,000 Dead

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November 1985Debris Flow Track,

Twin Run, Pendleton Co., WV

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Superelevation of Debris Flow, Twin Run

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Kanawha City Debris Flow: 3 Dead 1973

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Mt. St. Helens Lahar, 1982

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Lahar (= Debris Flow &Debris Avalanche)Hazard in the Seattle Area

This Image: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Imgs/Jpg/Rainier/Outreach/screen_poster_lahar_haz.jpg

Mount Rainier, WA

Seattle

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Mt. Huascaran, Peru, 1970

17,000 dead>300 km/h

How Fast?

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Armero, Colombia, near Nevado del Ruiz Volcano, Nov. 1985

23,000 Dead

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“Soil”

Debris EarthRock

Typ

e of

Mot

ion

Fall

Topple

Planar Slide

Rotational Slide

Flow

Avalanche

Rock Fall Debris Fall Earth Fall

Rock Topple Debris Topple Earth Topple

Rock Slide Debris Slide Earth Slide

Rock Slump Debris Slump Earth Slump

Rock Flow Debris Flow Earth Flow

Rock Avalanche

Debris Avalanche

Earth Avalanche

Landslides

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Creep Start Here 17 Feb

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Creep

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Creep

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Creep

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Creep

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Creep

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Landslides by U.S. Region

• California 40% of U.S. damage

• West Virginia 13% of U.S. damage

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U.S. Landslide Risk

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WV Has 1st or 2nd Highest Landslide Damage Per Capita

• $100-300 /person/yr

• About Same as UTAH

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Main Regional Problems Are

• Road Failures

• Building Damage

• Construction Cost Over-Runs

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Regional Causes of Landslides

• Steep Topography – Mountains – Incision by Rivers

• Materials

– Red Shales - Expansive Clays

• Stupid or Ignorant People– Oversteepening of Slopes– w/o Geotechnical Consulting

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Solutions to Landslide Problems

• Don’t Be Stupid

• Seek Geotechnical Help From Geologists or Civil Engineers


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