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Differentiate between rock slide and soil creep.

Differentiate between rock slide and soil creep.

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Kavungya
- Rock slide involves movement of large masses of rocks while soil creep involves movement of soil or fine materials.
- Rock slide occurs on a very steep slope while soil creep occurs on a gentle slope.
- Rock slide fast speed while soil creep has a very slow speed.
- Rock slide has surface rocks sliding over slip surface while soil creep has heating and cooling of soil as ideal conditions.
- Rock slide is a localized movement while soil creep is an intermittent movement.
Kavungya answered the question on May 28, 2019 at 09:18

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