solifluction

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Soil creep caused by waterlogged soil slowly moving downhill on top of an impermeable layer.

Similar words

periglacial soil creep slud downhill creep earthflow sluff mass wasting throughflow slumpage landslip

Often followed by

and deposits lobes is terraces processes in deposit debris

Word family

solifluctions