Types and Classification
In the following table shows a schematic landslide classification adopting the classification of Varnes 1978 and taking into account the modifications made by Cruden and Varnes, in 1996. Some integration have been made by using the definitions of Hutchinson (1988) and Hungr et al. 2001.
| Type of movement | Type of material | ||||
| Bedrock | Engineering soils | ||||
| Predominantly fine | Predominantly coarse | ||||
| Falls | Rockfall | Earth fall | Debris fall | ||
| Topples | Rock topple | Earth topple | Debris topple | ||
| Slides | Rotational | Rock slump | Earth slump | Debris slump | |
| Translational | Few units | Rock block slide | Earth block slide | Debris block slide | |
| Many units | Rock slide | Earth slide | Debris slide | ||
| Lateral spreads | Rock spread | Earth spread | Debris spread | ||
| Flows | Rock flow | Earth flow | Debris flow | ||
| Rock avalanche | Debris avalanche | ||||
| (Deep creep) | (Soil creep) | ||||
| Complex and compound | Combination in time and/or space of two or more principal types of movement | ||||
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