John Devitt and Pete Loader 2008 Phys. Educ. 43 151 doi:10.1088/0031-9120/43/2/003
Landslides: a question of balance
John Devitt and Pete Loader
Show affiliationsThe impression given in some textbooks is that a landslide can be generated by increasing the weight of an unstable block or adding water to a potential slip plane. This demonstration, which might easily be adapted as a student investigation in physics at advanced level, was an attempt to rectify such oversimplifications and explain to students the mechanics of mass movements.
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Issue 2 (March 2008)
Received 30 November 2007, in final form 12 December 2007
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Landslides: a question of balance
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