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What is frost heaving ?
what is frost heaving ? how it affects the solifluction .
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Frost heave is an upward swelling of soil due to the formation of ice during freezing conditions. It usually occurs when the freezing temperature penetrates the soil and turns the present moisture into ice thereby generating an upward movement in the soil. The size of ice mass increases because of the continuous supply of moisture through capillary action. Soil weight might restrain the influence of ice and generate ice lenses. Nonetheless, ice lenses can move the soil layer upward. Solifluction is a process gradual movement of wet soil or other material down a slope, especially where frozen subsoil acts as a barrier to the percolation of water. So solifluction can be a result of frost heaving.