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🥾 Solifluction Periglacial Soil Flow

Discover how seasonal freeze-thaw cycles turn saturated soil into slow-creeping lobes that slide downslope over frozen ground.

Geology & Earth Science3DModerate60 FPS🌍 Earth ❄️ Ice & Cold

The simulation demonstrates how rising pore-water pressure in a thawing active layer above frozen ground causes saturated soil to deform and creep downslope into characteristic lobed forms.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

The simulation demonstrates how rising pore-water pressure in a thawing active layer above frozen ground causes saturated soil to deform and creep downslope into characteristic lobed forms.

🎮 How to Use

Adjust the pore-water pressure, slope gradient, and freeze-thaw cycle speed sliders, then run the simulation to observe how quickly and in what shape the solifluction lobes advance downslope.

💡 Did You Know?

Some solifluction lobes in Arctic Scandinavia and Alaska have been creeping along essentially the same track for thousands of years, moving only a few meters in total despite continuous seasonal activity.

⚙ Under the hood

Discover how seasonal freeze-thaw cycles turn saturated soil into slow-creeping lobes that slide downslope over frozen ground.

periglacial geomorphologysolifluctionfreeze-thawpermafrostslope processesmass wastingcold climate geologysoil creep

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install