Usually means: Soil movement caused by freeze-thaw.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. solifluction: Merriam-Webster
  2. solifluction: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. solifluction: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. solifluction: Collins English Dictionary
  5. solifluction: Wiktionary
  6. solifluction: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. solifluction: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. solifluction: Dictionary.com
  9. Solifluction: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. solifluction: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. solifluction: Encyclopedia

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  3. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Geography Dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. solifluction: Canadian Soil Information System
  3. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (solifluction)

▸ noun:  (geology) Soil creep caused by waterlogged soil slowly moving downhill on top of an impermeable layer.

Similar:
soil creep, slud, downhill creep, earthflow, sluff, mass wasting, throughflow, slumpage, landslip, swelling soil, more...

Adjectives:
periglacial, active, intense, aqueous, niveal, strong, polar, much, extensive, glacial, rapid

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Similar:
soil creep, slud, downhill creep, earthflow, sluff, mass wasting, throughflow, slumpage, landslip, swelling soil, more...

Adjectives:
periglacial, active, intense, aqueous, niveal, strong, polar, much, extensive, glacial, rapid



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