Movement as coherent mass diagram taken from The Earth, 1984, Tarbuck, E.J. and Lutgens, F. K. Slumps are: often clay-rich (cohesive unit) slow to rapid have spoon-shaped failure surfaces show clear scarp face at head (top) end in earthflows at toe (bottom) Photo of Slump

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