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Solifluction lobes and sheets

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Solifluction lobes and sheets

Solifluction lobes and sheets are types of slope failure and landforms. In solifluction lobes sediments form a tongue-shaped feature due to differential downhill flow rates. In contrasts solifluction sheets sediment moves more-less uniformily downslope, being thus a less selective form of erosion than solifluction lobes.

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