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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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contraction generating cracks which eventually become ice
wedges and
solifluction –
gradual movement of soil down the
slope as it
repeatedly freezes and...
- short, cool
summers and long, cold
winters Tundra humus soils with
solifluction (permafrost soils) Low,
evergreen vegetation,
without trees, growing...
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Mountain slope deformation Soil
slope deformation Rock
slope deformation Soil
creep Solifluction Note: the
words in
italics are placeholders. Use only one....
- Gelifluction, very
similar to
solifluction, is the
seasonal freeze-thaw
action upon
waterlogging topsoils which induces downslope movement. Gelifluction...
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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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Falkland Islands and the Bjørnøya,
where he
first coined the term
solifluction,
influenced Walery Łoziński's
creation of the
concept of periglaciation...
