Question 1 - MASS WASTING i). Discuss slope stability with an example from the country Papua New Guinea. ii). What are the main forms of mass wasting? iii). Which of these is likely to be catastrophic and why? iv). What are the factors that can trigger slope failure? v). Explain the term liquefaction
Question 1 - MASS WASTING
i). Discuss slope stability with an example from the country Papua New Guinea.
ii). What are the main forms of mass wasting?
iii). Which of these is likely to be catastrophic and why?
iv). What are the factors that can trigger slope failure?
v). Explain the term liquefaction
i) It is possible to rank the parent materials in the Papua New Guinea Highlands according to their relative long-term stability. The scatter of results and the small number of sites so far examined emphasize that the ranking presented is tentative. Angles of long-term slope stability on different materials are difficult to estimate.
ii). The most common mass-wasting types are falls, rotational and translational slides, flows, and creep.
Step by step
Solved in 2 steps
