The slow down slope movement of soil and sediment because of frost heaving and thawing is called
A. solifluction
B. gelifluction
C. frost creep
D. rockfall
The slow down slope movement of soil and sediment because of frost heaving and thawing is called
A. solifluction
B. gelifluction
C. frost creep
D. rockfall
Answers (1)
Frost creep is the slow downslope movement of soil and sediment because of frost heaving and thawing. The process begins with the freezing of the ground surface elevating particles at right angles to the slope.