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A rockfall is "a fragment of rock (a block) 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".
Rockall (/ ˈ r ɒ k ɔː l /) is an uninhabitable granite islet in the North Atlantic Ocean.The United Kingdom claims that Rockall lies within its territorial sea [1] and is part of its territory, but this claim is not recognised by Ireland.
Talus cones produced by mass moving, north shore of Isfjord, Svalbard, Norway Mass wasting at Palo Duro Canyon, West Texas (2002) A rockfall in Grand Canyon National Park. Mass wasting, also known as mass movement, [1] is a general term for the movement of rock or soil down slopes under the force of gravity.
A rockfall protection embankment is an earthwork built in elevation with respect to the ground to intercept falling rock fragments before elements at risk such as roads and buildings are reached. This term is widely used in the rockfall community but the terms bunds and walls are sometimes used as alternatives.
A large rockfall near Weeping Rock inside Zion National Park on Tuesday forced a temporary closure of the park's shuttle operations.
Some landslides are complex in the sense that they feature different movement types in different portions of the moving body, or they evolve from one movement type to another over time. For example, a landslide can initiate as a rock fall or topple and then, as the blocks disintegrate upon the impact, transform into a debris slide or flow.
A popular Yosemite National Park trail was closed this week due to a rockfall. Travel on the trail between Happy Isles and the Vernal Fall Footbridge is prohibited “until further notice,” park ...
Photos shared on Facebook show the rockfall left two noticeable “rectangular cavities” in the canyon wall, officials said. Bryce Canyon National Park is about 260 miles south of Salt Lake City.