Rockfall
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rockfall-174-17104361
title:
Rockfall
text:
A rockfall or rock-fall is a quantity/sheets of rock that has fallen freely from a cliff face. The term is also used for collapse of rock from roof or walls of mine or quarry workings. "A rockfall is a fragment of rock detached by sliding, toppling, or falling, that falls along a vertical or sub-vertical cliff, proceeds down slope by bouncing and flying along ballistic trajectories or by rolling on talus or debris slopes." Alternatively, a "rockfall is the natural downward motion of a detached b
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Rocks fallen freely from a cliff, roof, or quarry
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockfall
date created:
2005-04-29T14:49:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T01:28:11Z
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