Geologists define talus as the pile of rocks that accumulates at the base of a cliff, chute, or slope. The formation of a talus slope results from the talus accumulation. Because the term "talus" incorporates the concept of a pile, many...

Scree, also called talus and detritic cone, is a term given to broken rock that appears at the bottom of crags, mountain cliffs or valley shoulders, forming a scree slope. The maximum inclination of such deposits corresponds to the angle of repose of...

LAURIE: So we're at the White Eagle (scree) Conference Center, and I'm feeling less than psyched about the room that we've chosen to host our wedding reception. The ceilings are perilously low, the décor hurts my internal organs, and it doesn't seem nearly big enough...