Glossary:Soil Creep

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Soil Creep
The downslope movement of soil material through heave processes in response to expansion and contraction of slope materials through wetting and drying or freeze-thaw. Particles are lifted up in a plane perpendicular to the the slope surface and then lowered back down vertically.

Related Words: Mass movement, Heave

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