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  • 31Caries — Dental cavities. Holes in the two outer layers of a tooth called the enamel and the dentin. The enamel is the outermost white hard surface and the dentin is the yellow layer just beneath enamel. Both layers serve to protect the inner living tooth …

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  • 32RLS — Restless Legs Syndrome (Medical » Laboratory) Restless Legs Syndrome (Medical » Physiology) * Regional Library System (Academic & Science » Libraries) * Row Level Security (Computing » General) * Retirement Living Services (Community) * River of… …

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  • 33block glide —    The mass movement process, associated sediments (block glide deposit), or resultant landform characterized by a slow type of slide, in which largely intact units (blocks) of rock or soil slide downslope along a relatively planar surface, such… …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 34debris slide —    The mass movement process, associated sediments (debris slide deposit), or resultant landform characterized by a rapid type of slide, composed of comparatively dry and largely unconsolidated earthy material which slides or rolls downslope… …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 35fall —     a) A category of mass movement processes, associated sediments (fall deposit), or resultant landforms (e.g., rockfall, debris fall, soil fall) characterized by very rapid movement of a mass of rock or earth that travels mostly through the air …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 36flow —    A category of mass movement processes, associated sediments (flow deposit) and landforms characterized by slow to very rapid downslope movement of unconsolidated material which, whether saturated or comparatively dry, behaves much as a viscous …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 37landslide —    A general, encompassing term for most types of mass movement landforms and processes involving the downslope transport and outward deposition of soil and rock materials, caused by gravitational forces and which may or may not involve saturated …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 38rotational debris slide —    The mass movement process, associated sediments (rotational debris slide deposit), or resultant landform characterized by an extremely slow to moderately rapid type of slide, composed of comparatively dry and largely unconsolidated earthy… …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 39rotational earth slide —    The mass movement process, associated sediments (rotational earth slide deposit), or resultant landform characterized by an extremely slow to moderately rapid type of slide, composed of comparatively dry and largely unconsolidated earthy… …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms

  • 40rotational rock slide —    The mass movement process, associated sediments (rotational rock slide deposit), or resultant landform characterized by an extremely slow to moderately rapid type of slide, composed of comparatively dry and largely consolidated rock bodies,… …

    Glossary of landform and geologic terms