The creep of soil saturated with water and/or ice, caused by alternate freezing and thawing; most common in polar regions.
A form of creep in which soil flows downslope at a rate of 0.5 to 15 centimeters per year. Solifluction occurs in relatively cold regions when the brief warmth of summer thaws only the upper meter or two of regolith, which becomes waterlogged because the underlying ground remains frozen and therefore the water cannot drain down into it.
A type of mass movement in which material moves slowly downslope in areas where the soil is saturated with water. It commonly occurs in permafrost areas.
Meaning 'soil flow,' the slow downslope flow of masses of surface waste which is saturated with water.
(pronounced so-lih-FLUC-shun) the most rapid type of earthflow, occurring when snow or ice thaws or when earthquakes produce shocks that turn the soil into a fluid mass.
The type of creep characteristic of tundra regions; during the summer, the uppermost layer of permafrost melts, and the soggy, weak layer of ground then flows slowly down slope in overlapping sheets.
A general term referring to the slow downslope flow of saturated unfrozen earth materials over an impermeable substrate (cf. gelifluction).
Latin solum "ground, earth" fluere "to flow" Soil creep movement, earth-flow.
the downward movement of soil and rcok on the face of the earth, caused by the action of the weather. [AHDOS
Slow flow of material on sloping ground, characteristic of , though not confined to regions subjected to alternate periods of freezing and thawing.
Solifluction, also known as soil fluction or soil creep, is a type of mass wasting where waterlogged sediment slowly moves downslope over impermeable material. It can occur in any climate where the ground is saturated by water, though it is most often found in periglacial environments where the ground is permanently frozen (permafrost). A term often used for deposits formed under periglacial conditions is congelifluction.
