Solifluction

However it was later discovered that various slow waste movements in periglacial regions did not require saturation in water, but were rather associated to freeze-thaw processes.

[1] In slow periglacial solifluction there are not clear gliding planes,[3] and therefore skinflows and active layer detachments are not included in the concept.

[1] The relatively low rates at which solifluction operates contrast with its occurrence over wide mountain areas and periglaciated lowlands.

[3] Some other solifluction deposits that have a more defined stratification consist of alternating layers of diamicton and open-work beds, these last representing buried stone-banked lobes and sheets.

In solifluction lobes sediments form a tongue-shaped feature due to differential downhill flow rates.