Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.
fall — a) A category of mass movement processes, associated sediments (fall deposit), or resultant landforms (e.g., rockfall, debris fall, soil fall) characterized by very rapid movement of a mass of rock or earth that travels mostly through the air … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
Debris — For other uses, see Debris (disambiguation). Debris /dɨˈbriː/ is rubble, wreckage, ruins, litter and discarded garbage/refuse/trash, scattered remains of something destroyed, or, in geology, large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc. The … Wikipedia
debris — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ falling, flying ▪ She was hit on the head by flying debris. ▪ food, plant, rock ▪ These worms feed on plant debris … Collocations dictionary
fall — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 accident ADJECTIVE ▪ bad, nasty, terrible ▪ She took a bad fall while out riding. ▪ accidental VERB + FALL … Collocations dictionary
Fall of Saigon — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Fall of Saigon partof=Vietnam War caption=This well known photo taken by Hubert van Es shows South Vietnamese civilians scrambling to board a CIA Air America helicopter during the U.S. evacuation of Saigon. date … Wikipedia
debris topple — The mass movement process, associated sediments (debris topple deposit), or resultant landform characterized by a localized, very rapid type of topple in which large blocks of soil and rock material literally fall over, rotating outward over a … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
Fall Weiss — Campagne de Pologne (1939) Campagne de Pologne (1939) Cuirassé Schleswig Holstein bombardant Westerplatte le 1er Septembre 1939. Informati … Wikipédia en Français
debris karren — These are pinnacles that form in limestones with a thin sheet structure that soon fall into smaller fragments [3]. See also pinnacles … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
soil fall — The mass movement process, associated sediments (soil fall deposit), or resultant landform characterized by a rapid type of fall involving the relatively free, downslope movement or collapse of detached, unconsolidated soil material which… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
Space debris — populations seen from outside geosynchronous orbit (GEO). Note the two primary debris fields, the ring of objects in GEO, and the cloud of objects in low earth orbit (LEO) … Wikipedia
