Durham E-Theses Soil creep: an assessment of certain controlling factors with special reference to upper Weardale England Anderson, E. W. How to cite: Anderson, E. W. (1977) Soil creep: an assessment of certain controlling factors with special reference to upper Weardale England, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/8394/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail:
[email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk 2 SOIL. CREEP; AN ASSESSMENT. OP CERTAIN CONTROLLING FACTORS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO UPPER WEARMLE. ENGLAND by E.W. ANDERSON M.A. (Oxon) M.A. (Manch) Part-time research student in the Department of Geography, University of Durham The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. No quotation from it should be published without his prior written consent and information derived from it should be acknowledged. A thesis submitted to the University of Durham for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy JANUARY 1977 ABSTRACT Soil creep is important as a process affecting landforra development, as a factor influencing slope stability and as an element of land wastage.