soil fluction

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• Solifluction — In geology, 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,… …   Wikipedia

• solifluction — /ˈsɒləflʌkʃən/ (say soluhflukshuhn) noun 1. slow, downward, movement of rock debris or soil saturated with meltwater over permanently frozen subsoil in tundra regions. 2. → soil creep. 3. down slope movement of soil, faster than soil creep. Also …  

• solifluction — noun Etymology: Latin solum soil + i + fluction , fluctio act of flowing, from fluere to flow more at fluid Date: 1906 the slow creeping of saturated fragmental material (as soil) down a slope that usually occurs in regions of perennial frost …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• solifluction — /soh leuh fluk sheuhn, sol euh /, n. Geol. creep (def. 17a). [1915 20; < L sol(um) soil + i I + fluction a flowing (s. of fluctio), equiv. to fluct(us) (see FLUCTUATE) + ion ION] * * * …   Universalium