Mass wasting, also known as mass movement, is a general term for the movement of rock or soil down slopes under the force of gravity. It differs from other...
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Muscle atrophy (redirect from Muscle wasting)
has demonstrated efficacy in preventing the loss of muscle mass in several muscle wasting conditions in humans, particularly sarcopenia. Based upon a...
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wasting, also known as wasting syndrome, refers to the process by which a debilitating disease causes muscle and fat tissue to "waste" away. Wasting is...
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Erosion (section Mass wasting)
it to even lower elevations. Mass-wasting processes are always occurring continuously on all slopes; some mass-wasting processes act very slowly; others...
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Desert Island's loop road, as well as slumping along coastal bluffs. Mass wasting (slope movement) of marine clay, deposited when the sea level was much...
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Erosion and tectonics (section Mass wasting)
surface, the process of mass wasting as a product of deep fluvial incision has the highest tectonic implications. Mass wasting is the geomorphic process...
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Solifluction is a collective name for gradual processes in which a mass moves down a slope ("mass wasting") related to freeze-thaw activity. This is the standard...
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used for land management purposes. Events such as logging, fires and mass wasting can leave the land barren and without vegetation. This causes the land...
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A mudflow, also known as mudslide or mud flow, is a form of mass wasting involving fast-moving flow of debris and dirt that has become liquified by the...
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Landslides, also known as landslips, or rockslides, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls...
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