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Descriptor English: Landslides
Descriptor Spanish: Deslizamientos de Tierra
Descriptor corrimientos de tierras
Entry term(s) Movimientos de tierras
avalancha de roca
avalancha de rocas
avalancha de tierra
avalanchas de rocas
corrimiento de roca
corrimiento de rocas
corrimientos de rocas
deslave
deslaves
deslizamiento
deslizamiento de roca
deslizamiento de rocas
deslizamientos de roca
deslizamientos de rocas
desprendimiento de roca
desprendimiento de rocas
desprendimientos de roca
desprendimientos de rocas
flujo de lodo
hundimiento de terrenos
reptación
Scope note: Avalanchas de tierra o rocas que se producen como resultado de fenómenos naturales o de actuaciones del hombre. Pueden producirse como efectos secundarios de fuertes TORMENTAS, ERUPCIONES VOLCÁNICAS y TERREMOTOS. (MeSH) Desprendimiento de rocas: Caída al vacío o movimientos bruscos de un segmento de masa rocosa, de cualquier tamaño, separado recientemente de un acantilado o de cualquier otra ladera escarpada. Flujo de lodo: Descenso a lo largo de una pendiente de material terrestre fino mezclado con agua. (Traducción libre del original: Material II-IDNDR, 1992)
Descriptor Portuguese: Deslizamentos de Terra
Descriptor French: Glissements de terrain
Entry term(s): Land Movement
Land Subsidence
Landslide
Mudslide
Mudslides
Rockslide
Rockslides
Slip Erosion
Tree number(s): G01.311.603
N06.230.100.230.625
SP8.190.270.371.291
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055876
Scope note: Downslope movements of soil and and/or rock resulting from natural phenomena or man made actions. These can be secondary effects of severe storms, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS and EARTHQUAKES.
Annotation: coordinate with DISASTERS if pertinent; specify geographic location
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
HI history
MO mortality
PC prevention & control
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Disasters (1972-2008)
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
Related: Soil Mechanics DeCS
Trenching Machines DeCS
DeCS ID: 53289
Unique ID: D055876
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Landslides - Preferred
Concept UI M0521338
Scope note Downslope movements of soil and and/or rock resulting from natural phenomena or man made actions. These can be secondary effects of severe storms, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS and EARTHQUAKES.
Preferred term Landslides
Entry term(s) Landslide
Rockslides - Narrower
Concept UI M0521550
Scope note Sudden downslope movements of rocks.
Preferred term Rockslides
Entry term(s) Rockslide
Mudslides - Narrower
Concept UI M0521551
Scope note Downslope movements of mud.
Preferred term Mudslides
Entry term(s) Mudslide
Slip Erosion - Narrower
Concept UI FD00060820
Scope note Geological phenomenon characterized by a slow movement of soil materials, whose maximum speed does not exceed several centimeters a day and takes place in the direction of its slope. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992)
Preferred term Slip Erosion
Land Movement - Broader
Concept UI FD00061804
Preferred term Land Movement
Entry term(s) Land Subsidence



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