| Descriptor English: | Landslides | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Deslizamientos de Tierra
| ||||||
| 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 |
-
-
PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
Physical Phenomena [G01]Physical Phenomena -
PUBLIC HEALTH
Disasters [SP8]Disasters
|
|
Landslides
- Preferred
Rockslides
- Narrower
Mudslides
- Narrower
Slip Erosion
- Narrower
Land Movement
- Broader
| 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 |
| Concept UI |
M0521550 |
| Scope note | Sudden downslope movements of rocks. |
| Preferred term | Rockslides |
| Entry term(s) |
Rockslide |
| Concept UI |
M0521551 |
| Scope note | Downslope movements of mud. |
| Preferred term | Mudslides |
| Entry term(s) |
Mudslide |
| 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 |
| Concept UI |
FD00061804 |
| Preferred term | Land Movement |
| Entry term(s) |
Land Subsidence |
We want your feedback on the new DeCS / MeSH website
We invite you to complete a survey that will take no more than 3 minutes.
Go to survey
