A form of mass wasting in which a coherent block of soil or rock rotates and slides downslope along a curved failure surface, leaving a crescent-shaped scarp at its head. It is common on oversteepened slopes, riverbanks and coastal bluffs where undercutting removes support from material above.
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A slump is a form of mass wasting that occurs when a coherent mass of loosely consolidated materials or a rock layer moves a short distance down a slope.
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