Solifluction

From Glossary of Meteorology



solifluction

  1. (Sometimes called soil fluction.) The viscous downslope flow of water-saturated soil and other surficial materials, particularly in regions underlaid by frozen ground (not necessarily permafrost) acting as a barrier to downward water percolation.

  2. Any slow soil flowage on slopes in which the near-surface unconsolidated material is saturated by water.


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