| 单词 | rock creep |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock creep rock creep n. Geology the gradual downhill movement of rock masses, boulders, etc., under the influence of gravity; cf. creep n. 6a. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [noun] > movement under gravity or water land-rushc1550 slide1664 landslip1679 pitting1686 rockfall?1797 shoot1820 landslide1822 run1827 mountain slide1830 slip1838 slough1838 mudslide1848 founder1882 creep1889 soil-creep1897 rock creep1902 slump1905 solifluction1906 slumping1907 slopewash1938 sludging1946 mass wasting1951 1902 Nature 25 Dec. 176/2 Many other curious questions arise out of an examination of such an area; for instance..the landslips and rock creep, or rivers of mud and stone, similar to those described by Heim in Switzerland. 1960 B. W. Sparks Geomorphol. iv. 47 Rock creep is a movement of jointed blocks, partly as the result of soil creep and partly as a result of sliding. 1993 Progr. Physical Geogr. 17 173 This review..emphasizes geotechnical studies of mass movement phenomena in the Canadian Cordillera, including debris flows,..rock creep, and slow earthflows. < as lemmas |
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