Solifluction Definition

sōlə-flŭkshən, sŏlə-
noun
A more rapid form of soil creep, often found near a glacier, in which saturated soil slips over hard or frozen layers.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Solifluction

Noun

Singular:
solifluction
Plural:
solifluctions

Origin of Solifluction

  • Latin solum soil Latin flūctiō flūctiōn- a flowing (from flūctus) (past participle of fluere to flow bhleu- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Solifluction Sentence Examples

  • The project aim is to develop a new process-based numerical model to predict rates and styles of periglacial solifluction.

  • These solifluction deposits buried a land surface on the top of the sand.

  • The alpine heaths are developed on an impressive series of solifluction terraces.

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Words Starting With

SSOSOL

Words Ending With

NONION

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