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Does this explain why some landslides travel much further than others?

 A TV news crew files a report behind damaged homes after a mud slide overtook at least 18 homes during heavy rains in Camarillo Springs, California December 12, 2014. A major storm pummeled California and the Pacific Northwest with heavy rain and high winds on Thursday, killing one man, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, disrupting flights and prompting schools to close.

Large vibrations from landslide could allow rocks to behave like fluids, data suggests. Image: REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn

Kevin Stacey
Senior Writer for the Physical Sciences, Brown University
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