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FIGURE 9.27
Old slump slide in residual soils located near slide in
Figure 9.26.
Photo is a portion of Figure 2.121 enlarged to
show the classical spoon shape.
FIGURE 9.28
Slump landform in glaciolacustrine soils showing shallow slopes, creep ridges, and seepage (Barton River,
Vermont). Trees in upper left are growing on slide area shown on the stereo-pair given in
Figure 2.17.
Slope
failures are common in this region in the spring when the ground thaws and rains arrive.
