Explain Slump
Slump Technical Terms
Slump: (a) (not preferred- refer to rotational slide) A generic, obsolete term for various types of landslides, especially rotational landslide; the process, associated sediments, or resultant landform characterized by a slide involving a shearing and rotary movement of a generally independent mass of rock or earth along a curved slip surface (concave upward) and about an axis parallel to the slope from which it descends, and by backward tilting of the mass with respect to that slope so that the slump surface often exhibits a reversed slope facing uphill. Compare - rotational slide, slide, landslide. SW, GG, & DV. (b) (not recommended) refer to rotational slide. An informal term for the landform or mass of material slipped down during, or produced by a landslide. GG & DV