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diluviationnoun(geology) The formation of deposits by flood-like operations of water.
illuviationnoun(geology) The accumulation of suspended material and soluble compounds leached from an overlying stratum
eluviationnoun(soil science, countable) The sideways or downward movement of dissolved or suspended material within soil caused by rainfall
flowdownnounThe process by which something flows downward.
siltationnounThe (typically undesirable) increase in concentration and or of deposition of water-borne silt in a body of water.
pluviationnounThe raining of fine particles (typically sand) through the air
argilluviationnoun(soil science) The downward movement of clay in a soil profile by water.
interflownounA flowing between two or more entities.
sluicingnounThe act by which something is sluiced; a copious wetting; a drenching.
fluidizationnounThe act or process of fluidizing.
colluviesnounmedley, hotchpotch
suffossionnoun(geology) Internal erosion by liquid percolating through clay, sand, or silt.
fluidificationnounThe process, or the result, of fluidifying.
gelifluctionnounThe seasonal freeze-thaw action upon waterlogging topsoils which induces downslope movement.
foresetnounAn obstacle; hindrance.
liquefactionnounThe process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas).
fluidisationnounAlternative form of fluidization. [The act or process of fluidizing.]
lithifactionnounSynonym of lithification (“the compaction and cementation of sediment into rock”).
mudflownounA type of landslide characterized by large flows of mud and water.
infiltrationnounThe act of secretly entering a physical location and/or organization.

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