"SLIDES" IN THE CONEMAUGH FORMATION NEAR 

 MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA 



EARL R. SCHEFFEL 



West Virginia University 



OUTLINE 



Foreword 



Geography 



Geology 

 Slides 



Origin and Extent 



Types and Dynamics 

 Primary 

 Fluid 

 Dry 

 Topographic Forms Produced 



Resemblance to glacial forms 



Resemblance to drainage forms 

 Minor Forms Associated with Slides 



"Koodoos" 



Ice Pinnacles. 

 Totality or Effects 



General topographic effect 



Importance as a base-leveling factor 



Influence on drainage 



Similarity of the Conemaugh to other formations 

 Economic Considerations 



FOREWORD 



The purpose of this paper is a systematic discussion of ''slides" 

 in and near Morgantown, West Virginia. The abbreviation of 

 the term "landsHdes" is in accordance with common usage in this 

 locality, slides being a familiar term of everyday speech, so common 

 is their occurrence. Either designation is somewhat of a misnomer 

 as movements are not limited to true sHding. 



As this article has a somewhat local bearing the general litera- 

 ture of the subject will not be quoted, though it is but just to 

 state that the writer has received from this source some hints 

 which have helped him in interpretations and comparisons. He 



340 



