gelifluction
gelifluction(congelifluction) The slow flow of water-lubricated, unsorted material and rock debris over perennially frozen ground, and on slopes as low as 1°. It is the cold-climate variety of solifluction and occurs only in the active layer (usually to a depth of 3 m).
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