Meaning of sturzstrom | Babel Free

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A rock avalanche, a large landslide of soil and rock which travels a much greater horizontal than vertical distance.

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“... sturzstrom deposits suggest that sturzstroms are emplaced as collections of fragments through which deformation is concentrated along their base and, possibly, also along narrow bands at higher levels.”

“Such behaviour reverses when the sturzstrom eventually slows down.”

“Sturzströme, irrespective of their provenance, have elements in common suggesting a ubiquitous mechanism of motion and emplacement. The elements in question are discussed in the following paragraphs. Sturzströme move at great [speed...]”

“... sturzstrom deposit leaves no doubt that the descent of a rockfall mass is not the result of sliding of a rigid mass, simply because the geometry of the sturzstrom deposit is different from that of original rock mass. Even so,[…]”

“... sturzstrom deposit shows shear surfaces, or ramps, that step up eastward (Fig. 17). The ramps are seen in the walls of canyons incised subparallel to the paleoflow direction. It seems that as some basal Split Mountain sturzstrom[…]”

“A sturzstrom is a high volume of mostly dry rock material caused by the collapse of a slope or cliff created by large falls and slides moving at high velocities and for long distances, even on a gentle slope[…]”

“[…] a wide range of ground movements, for example, rockfalls, shallow debris flows, earthflows, mudflows and sturzströme.”

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