With time, these transverse cracks were crosscut by miniature cracks from which small slumps and slides may occur.
The saturation of the downstream slope due to seepage leads to the reduction of the effective stress of the soil and subsequently causes very small slumps and slides in the form of cantilever failures to occur at the toe of the slope.
At the regional scale, the 20-yr headwall retreat rates are mainly related to slope aspect, with south- and west-facing slopes exhibiting higher retreat rates, and large slumps appear to be generating feedbacks that allow them to maintain growth rates well above those of smaller slumps.
For some large thermokarst lakes adjacent to a small thaw slump, lake coastal erosion caused the thaw slump, and further evolution of the thaw slump resulted in the changes of lakeshore active layer.
The country's most endangered butterfly, the high brown fritillary, saw its small population slump by 46%, while another rare species, the black hairstreak, fell by 98%, as 300,000 fewer butterflies were recorded on the wing compared with 2011.
Kostya heard his own, the rasping of the beaten gangster, and the slow, nasal exhalations of the smaller gangster, slumped against the toilet tank.
The small movements include slumps of head and shoulders, tics of hands, heads and eyes.
Small wonder confidence slumped among businessmen.Red tape, poor infrastructure and a strong currency have rendered much of industry uncompetitive.
Post-slump, small has outperformed large for a couple of reasons.
