Week 8- Mass wasting
This week we learned about mass wasting. Mass wasting is the
downward and outward movement of soil/sand/rock that is typically affected by
water. For example, heavy rains might cause the soil to loosen on mountains
which then slide down as a mass. If there are communities close by sometimes
these mass wasting might affect them.
In England there are landslides and coastal erosions at
Aldbrough. This is located about 10 km (about 6.2miles) from Hornsea. Such
close proximity has cause the loss of buildings through time. There is a
program in charge of monitoring costal erosion at different sites around this
area, this program is called British Geological Survey (BGS). This program has
discovered that the cliffs in the area are constantly receding. These cliffs
are prone to landslides when there are high tides. Constant monitoring of
coastal erosion and landsliding is how they prevent damage in the area. Once
they’ve seen a considerable change on the cliffs or landslide they alert the
communities around, although sometimes big “avalanches” can’t always be predicted
to the max.
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