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Descriptor
English
:
Landslides
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Deslizamientos de Tierra
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Deslizamentos de Terra
Synonyms
English
:
Land Movement
Land Subsidence
Landslide
Mudslide
Mudslides
Rockslide
Rockslides
Tree Number:
G01.311.603
N06.230.100.230.625
SP4.037.403.514.250
SP4.122.403.569
SP8.473.654.517.282.245
Definition
English
:
Downslope
movements
of soil and and/or rock resulting from natural phenomena or man made actions. These can be secondary effects of severe
storms
,
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
and
EARTHQUAKES.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
coordinate with
DISASTERS
if pertinent; specify geographic location
See Related
English
:
Construction
Soil Mechanics
Trenching Machines
History Note
English
:
2009
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
HI
history
MO
mortality
PC
prevention & control
SN
statistics & numerical data
Record Number:
53289
Unique Identifier:
D055876
Occurrence in VHL
:
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