Soil sloughing

In soil science, sloughing is falling of the soil off slopes in sheets as slumps due to the loss of its cohesion,[1] e.g., because of water saturation.[2]


References

  1. ↑ McLemore, Virginia (2008). Basics of Metal Mining Influenced Water. p. 88.
  2. ↑ Yerima, Bernard; van Ranst, E. (2005). Introduction to Soil Science: Soils of the Tropics. Trafford Publishing. p. 359.


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