{"id":1363,"date":"2015-08-03T18:20:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T18:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/earthscienceck12\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1363"},"modified":"2015-08-03T18:23:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T18:23:25","slug":"videos-types-of-mass-wasting","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/earthscienceck12\/chapter\/videos-types-of-mass-wasting\/","title":{"raw":"Videos: Types of Mass Wasting","rendered":"Videos: Types of Mass Wasting"},"content":{"raw":"At night, the temperatures cool below freezing and the water within the rocks freezes and expands which causes the rock to break more. The following morning, the ice will melt and go deeper within the crack to refreeze later that night. This freeze-thaw action over time can cause rocks to break off and fall to the ground. The debris the accumulates at the base of these steep slopes is called\u00a0<strong>talus<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nBut rock falls can also occur when heavy precipitation is falling on a steep slope, causing the rocks to lose friction and fall. The YouTube video on the right is a rock fall captured in Taiwan in late August 2013, following heavy precipitation in the region.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WaBBRmD8QHg\r\n\r\n<strong>Rotational slides<\/strong>\u00a0occur when the a landslide occurs in a curved manner concave to the sky. When this type of slide occurs, the upper surface of the slide tilts backwards toward the original slope and the lower surface moves away from the slope. They are common when the soil tends to be deep in clay or soft sediment deposits. The video on the right is a large landslide again in Taiwan in early September 2013 following every rainfall. Needless to say, they were having a bad few days in the region.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EFWnppxgU1U","rendered":"<p>At night, the temperatures cool below freezing and the water within the rocks freezes and expands which causes the rock to break more. The following morning, the ice will melt and go deeper within the crack to refreeze later that night. This freeze-thaw action over time can cause rocks to break off and fall to the ground. The debris the accumulates at the base of these steep slopes is called\u00a0<strong>talus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But rock falls can also occur when heavy precipitation is falling on a steep slope, causing the rocks to lose friction and fall. The YouTube video on the right is a rock fall captured in Taiwan in late August 2013, following heavy precipitation in the region.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WaBBRmD8QHg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rotational slides<\/strong>\u00a0occur when the a landslide occurs in a curved manner concave to the sky. When this type of slide occurs, the upper surface of the slide tilts backwards toward the original slope and the lower surface moves away from the slope. They are common when the soil tends to be deep in clay or soft sediment deposits. The video on the right is a large landslide again in Taiwan in early September 2013 following every rainfall. Needless to say, they were having a bad few days in the region.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"Massive landslide in Taiwan caught on camera - Truthloader\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EFWnppxgU1U?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1363\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">All rights reserved content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Dash cam video of Landslide in Taiwan. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: RT. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Youtube. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WaBBRmD8QHg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WaBBRmD8QHg<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em>All Rights Reserved<\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Standard Youtube License<\/li><li>Massive Landslide in Taiwan caught on camera. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Truthloader. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Youtube. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EFWnppxgU1U\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EFWnppxgU1U<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em>All Rights Reserved<\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Standard Youtube License<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":1367,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"copyrighted_video\",\"description\":\"Dash cam video of Landslide in Taiwan\",\"author\":\"RT\",\"organization\":\"Youtube\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WaBBRmD8QHg\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"arr\",\"license_terms\":\"Standard Youtube License\"},{\"type\":\"copyrighted_video\",\"description\":\"Massive Landslide in Taiwan caught on camera\",\"author\":\"Truthloader\",\"organization\":\"Youtube\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EFWnppxgU1U\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"arr\",\"license_terms\":\"Standard Youtube License\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1363","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1284,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/earthscienceck12\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/earthscienceck12\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/earthscienceck12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/earthscienceck12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1367"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/earthscienceck12\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1366,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/earthscienceck12\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1363\/revisions\/1366"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/earthscienceck12\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1284"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/earthscienceck12\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1363\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/earthscienceck12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/earthscienceck12\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/earthscienceck12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/earthscienceck12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}