A collection of debris at the bottom of a cliff similar to a scree slope however it is formed when there is ice on the cliff which makes the rocks deposit further away from the cliff. when the ice melts, a lip of debris is formed.
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Soil flow - moves on average between 5-100 cm per year
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Materials that has been weathered and then subject to mass movement downslope by solifluction are sometimes referred to as:
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When individual soil particles move downslope
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A ridge on a hillside formed when saturated soil particles expand, then contract as they dry causing them to move slowly downslope
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As glaciers melted, meltwater carved out valleys.
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Fine glacially ground flour-like silt and clay, very susceptible to wind action
