A note on the detection of slip-planes in terracettes
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26485/BP/1982/29/12Keywords:
slope, slippage, northern EnglandAbstract
Slippage zones at the rear of terracettes from the Malham regions of northern England have been found by soil impregnation methods. This indicates that these terracettes have formed due to some mechanical failure and are not animal tracts as popularly supposed.
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