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Solifluction vs Earthflow - What's the difference?

solifluction | earthflow |

As nouns the difference between solifluction and earthflow

is that solifluction is soil creep caused by waterlogged soil slowly moving downhill on top of an impermeable layer while earthflow is a downslope viscous flow of fine-grained materials that have been saturated with water, moving under the pull of gravity.

solifluction

English

Noun

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

    • See also

    * slud

    earthflow

    English

    (wikipedia earthflow)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A downslope viscous flow of fine-grained materials that have been saturated with water, moving under the pull of gravity.

    • See also

    * mudflow * lahar