gelifluction मीनिंग इन हिंदी

Gelifluction is prominent in periglacial regions where snow falls during six to eight months of the year.
"' Gelifluction "', very similar to solifluction, is the seasonal freeze-thaw action upon waterlogging topsoils which induces downslope movement.
Because the soil now a fluid, gelifluction is a form of mass movement that can occur on slopes with a slope angle of less than half a degree.
Periglaciation results in a variety of ground conditions but especially those involving irregular, mixed deposits created by ice wedges, solifluction, gelifluction, frost creep and rockfalls.
A lobe is usually measured in terms of its front ( riser ) and its length upslope ( tread ); gelifluction lobes typically have risers of up to and treads of up to.