Module · 2 lessons
Geotechnical & Slope Stability
How slopes fail, the precursors that precede failure by minutes to weeks, and how to assess the ground a home or school actually sits on.
Lessons in this module
The observable signs that a slope is moving — tilted trees, new springs, cracking ground, changed stream turbidity — and how to act on them before the failure itself.
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- Student
- Visitor
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How to read a geohazard susceptibility map against your own address, what the categories mean in practice, and the limits of a map drawn at regional scale.
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- Institution
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