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• There are many types of slope failure.<br />
• Slope failure, also referred to as mass wast<strong>in</strong>g, is the<br />
downslope movement of rock debris and soil <strong>in</strong> response<br />
to gravitational stresses. Three major types of mass<br />
wast<strong>in</strong>g are classified by the type of downslope<br />
movement: falls, slides, and flows.<br />
• In addition,<br />
another type<br />
of ground<br />
failure:<br />
subsidence,<br />
is important<br />
to human<br />
existence.<br />
Halemaumau Pit Crater, Kilauea<br />
S. Hughes, 2003
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