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Solifluction is a
collective name for
gradual processes in
which a m****
moves down a
slope ("m**** wasting")
related to freeze-thaw activity. This is the...
- medium, such as water, wind, or ice.
Types of m****
wasting include creep,
solifluction, rockfalls,
debris flows, and landslides, each with its own characteristic...
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Periglaciation in the
eastern Drakensberg and
Lesotho Highlands produced solifluction deposits and blockfields;
including blockstreams and
stone garlands....
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environment for the plant's offspring.
Geocarpy is also
linked with
solifluction soils,
where rapid thawing and
freezing of
surface soil
causes almost...
- the
Falkland Islands and the Bjørnøya,
where he
first coined the term
solifluction,
influenced Walery Łoziński's
creation of the
concept of periglaciation...
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sandy regolith known locally as growan. This is
readily stripped off by
solifluction or
surface wash when not
protected by vegetation,
notably during prolonged...
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process called frost heaving is
responsible for
these features.
Solifluction lobes –
Solifluction lobes are
formed when
waterlogged soil
slips down a slope...
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Miocene onward. The
slopes of the
Carphartian contain at some
locations solifluction deposits. Iron, gold and
silver were
found in
great quantities[vague]...
- (outburst floods),
marine transgressions (thermocarst lakes) and
slopes (
solifluction flows)—were
widely inundated.
Catastrophic events during the
epoch are...
- Gelifluction, very
similar to
solifluction, is the
seasonal freeze-thaw
action upon
waterlogging topsoils which induces downslope movement. Gelifluction...
