G102/202
Use this worksheet to help you better understand the web page article http://classes.colgate.edu/bselleck/geol210/lab2ex.htm .
Click on the indicated heading and answer the following questions.
Read this article (the entire article) and use the following questions to help you better be able to discuss this article
1) What event does this article discuss?
2) What type of mass wasting event was the Rolling Bay Slide and where was it located?
3) Why are some areas such as the Pacific NW, parts of
4) What is the driving force of mass wasting?
5) What role does water play in mass wasting?
6) What is colluvium?
7) What are some precautions that are used to help prevent tragedy from occurring due to mass wasting (i.e. what are some physical structures that can be built or installed in an area known for mass wasting)
8) What is a geomorphologist?
9) What are some techniques that were being used to
gather data on the Mitman
Ridge area near
10) Why is it so difficult to predict debris and mud flows?
11) What effect does vegetation have on slope stability (both good and bad)
12) Based on the USGS open File image 97-289, which
areas of the
13) Based on an ever increasing population and decreasing land availability discuss who’s responsible for preventing tragedies such as the Rolling Bay Slide.
Some thoughts: What restrictions should be placed on construction (if any)
As a future home/land owner would you be willing to sacrifice possible building locations
(i.e. no view lots etc…)
What role should government play in this discussion, or should it be buyer beware?