Solifluction

Information on Tundra & Permafrost

Bands of sorted stones run downhill, caused by frost and solifluction. Hurry Inlet. East Greenland. 2005

Light catches an area of solifluction and erosion in the Dombrava River Valley. Hurry Inlet. Scoresbysund. East Greenland. 2005

Soil terraces caused by the action of thawing, called Solifluction. Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. 1994

Lines of moss and bare ground illustrate how frost action and the slope have caused solifluction. Signehamna, Krossfjord. Spitsbergen.

Lines of sorted stones run down a hillside, moss covers the more stable areas. The result of frost action. Signehamna. Spitbergen.

Bare ground caused by frost heave and solifluction on the slope. Hurry Inlet. Scoresbysund. East Greenland. 2005