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| What is the difference between an avalance and a debris flow? |
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| A debris flow is dominantly solid fragments, while an avalance is dominantly fluid. |
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| It is a speical type of mudflow originating from volcanic ash mixed with water. |
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| Mass Movements cannot occur underwater |
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| A moving slurry of mud, pebbles,and boulders |
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| Which of the following can be triggered by a submarine mass movement |
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| A semi-coherent mass of sediment and rock moves slowly down slope, leaving a head scrap at the top of the failure surface |
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