Colluvium (also colluvial material or colluvial soil) is a general name for loose, unconsolidated sediments that have been deposited at the base of hillslopes...

origin. Alluvium and diluvium were grouped together as colluvium in the late 19th century. "Colluvium" is now generally understood to mean sediments produced...

duration rains triggered debris flows and shallow slides developed in colluvium and weathered rocks. A rainfall threshold of around 190 mm in 24 h initiated...

literature is somewhat relaxed, and it often overlaps with both talus and colluvium. The term scree comes from the Old Norse term for landslide, skriða, while...

on the valley colluvium are thicker than the nearby areas. Woody plants and large bushes dominate the vegetation. Debris fan colluvium refers to the aggregates...

resistance of the ground surface. Channel heads are often associated with colluvium, hollows and landslides. Overland flow is a primary factor in channel...

from the parent rock. Sandy soils, rock outcrops and rubble and stony colluvium account for over 70% of the land area in the basin. The basin soils (in...

Confinement system used in construction and geotechnical engineering Colluvium – Loose, unconsolidated sediments deposited at the base of a hillslope...

boulders at the base; soil deposits transported by gravity are called colluvium. The mechanism of transport also has a major effect on the particle shape...

either talus, in the case of the talus flatirons, or pedisediment and colluvium that cover pediments, in the case of pediment flatirons. Their surfaces...