Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The slow, downhill movement of soil or other material in areas typically underlain by frozen ground.
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- noun geology Soil
creep caused bywaterlogged soil slowly moving downhill on top of animpermeable layer.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin solum, soil + Latin flūctiō, flūctiōn-, a flowing (from flūctus, past participle of fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots).]
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Examples
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Extensive periglacial phenomena, such as solifluction fields, are still active at higher elevations.
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Thawing of permafrost soils can result in subsidence of the surface, thermokarst, and activation of freeze – thaw related processes such as solifluction.
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The flora of the area is a low-arctic type, typical of the nutrient-poor silicaceous soil which, where humid, shows solifluction effects such as frost boils.
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