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PRONUNCIATION OF SOIL CREEP

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Soil creep is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SOIL CREEP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

soil creep

Downhill creep

Downhill creep, also known as soil creep or commonly just creep, is the slow downward progression of rock and soil down a low grade slope; it can also refer to slow deformation of such materials as a result of prolonged pressure and stress. Creep may appear to an observer to be continuous, but it really is the sum of numerous minute, discrete movements of slope material caused by the force of gravity. Friction, being the primary force to resist gravity, is produced when one body of material slides past another offering a mechanical resistance between the two which acts to hold objects in place. As slope on a hill increases, the gravitational force that is perpendicular to the slope decreases and results in less friction between the material that could cause the slope to slide. Trees showing the effect of creep.

Definition of soil creep in the English dictionary

The definition of soil creep in the dictionary is the gradual downhill movement, under the force of gravity, of soil and loose rock material on a slope.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOIL CREEP

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SOIL CREEP

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Synonyms and antonyms of soil creep in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «soil creep» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOIL CREEP

Find out the translation of soil creep to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of soil creep from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «soil creep» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

土蠕变
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fluencia del suelo
570 millions of speakers

English

soil creep
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मिट्टी रेंगना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زحف التربة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ползучесть почвы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fluência do solo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাটি শামুক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fluage du sol
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merayap tanah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bodenkriechen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

土壌クリープ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

토양 크리프
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penjilat lemah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

leo đất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மண் சடங்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माती रांगणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Toprak süngeri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

deformazione del suolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pełzanie gleby
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повзучість грунту
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

târî sol
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ερπυσμού του εδάφους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grondkruip
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jord kryp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jord krype
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of soil creep

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOIL CREEP»

The term «soil creep» is used very little and occupies the 165.607 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOIL CREEP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about soil creep

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOIL CREEP»

Discover the use of soil creep in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to soil creep and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Assessment of Soil Creep Sediment Generation for Total ...
Colluvium from the hillslope is assumed to be supplied to the bank by soil creep and the rate of sediment supply to the bank is equal to the rate of erosion from that bank if equilibrium conditions are assumed (Reid and Dunne, 1996). As such  ...
Matthew Scott Buffleben, 2009
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Landslides: Proceedings of the First European Conference on ...
Institute of Environmental Geoscience (IEG RAS), Moscow, Ruxsia ABSTRACT: Soil-creep is widely spreaded with the exception of some areas. The article is to generalize results of soil-creep study. The slow displacement was widely studied  ...
J. Rybar, J. Stemberk, P. Wagner, 2002
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Physical Geography
Soil creep results from repeated cycles of expansion and con- traction related to freezing and thawing, or wetting and drying, which cause lifting followed by the downslope movement of soil and rock particles. Organisms can also contribute to  ...
Robert Gabler, James Petersen, L. Trapasso, 2008
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Fundamentals of Physical Geography
... between the deeper rotational slip and the superficial mudslide. Soil creep and solifluction Many of the slope processes acting upon cohesive materials operate more slowly. One of the most widespread and intriguing processes is soil creep.
David John Briggs, Peter Smithson, 1986
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Natural Hazards and Disasters
Soil Creep Soil creep, the slow downslope movement of colluvium and weak rock , involves near-surface movement and is not especially dangerous. It tilts fences, power poles, and walls. The rate of movement decreases at greater depth ...
Donald Hyndman, David Hyndman, 2008
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Planet Geography
Soil creep refers to the slow downslope movement of soil. Creep is so slow that it cannot be casually observed, although it can be measured over a long term. The rates of downslope movement of individual rocks on talus slopes can vary from ...
Stephen Codrington, 2005
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The Environment: Principles and Applications
Principles and Applications Chris C. Park. Speed or rate (cm s'1 Figure 7.13 Typical rates of operation of mass-movement processes. Mass-movement processes extend from the extremely slow (soil creep) to the extremely fast (rock  ...
Chris C. Park, 2001
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Geological Hazards: Their Assessment, Avoidance and Mitigation
4.1 Soil creep and valley bulging Mass movements on slopes can range in magnitude from soil creep on the one hand to instantaneous and colossal landslides on the othet. Sharpe (1938) defined creep as the slow downslope movement of ...
Fred G. Bell, 2003
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Geography: An Integrated Approach
Figure 2.14 TerracettesinWharfedale, Yorkshire Dales telegraph pole tilted fences broken tension gashes in road base of tree turned downslope soil piled up behind wall forcing it to bulge and break Figure 2.1 5 The effects of soil creep Soil ...
David Waugh, 2000
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Earth Environments: Past, Present and Future
Figure 16.18 Soil creep terracettes, Northern Pennines, UK Creep has often been described as a heave process, in which slope expansion occurs normal to a slope, while slope contraction under the influence of gravity tends to occur more ...
David Huddart, Tim Stott, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOIL CREEP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term soil creep is used in the context of the following news items.
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Seymour: No 'car-induced erosion' on Mt Eden
... citing a Mt Eden management plan from 2007 saying erosion was "apparent in observations of slips, soil creep, and the filling and shortening of terraces", but ... «3News NZ, Jul 15»
2
This is how the Earth's hills and valleys were made — and what will …
The first is sediment transport, or “soil creep,” which is when sediment on an uneven landscape is disturbed by an event like a tree falling, an animal burrowing ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Homer: city on the move
“A lot of times when they talk about erosion, they're referring to surface soils and ... deposits, is poorly bound to underlying sediments and subject to “soil creep. «Homer News, Nov 14»
4
Climate Change, Effects and Impact on the Ghanaian Economy
Thus, most of the nutrients in the top soil in the soil catena or profile are ... the removal of vegetal cover may accelerate solifluction or soil creep on the slopes. «GhanaWeb, Sep 14»
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Southwold cliff Ladies Walk footpath work to begin
Brian Wilkins, principle engineer, said: "The original Edwardian engineering had fallen victim to soil creep and cliff collapses caused by rain action and rabbits.". «BBC News, Jul 13»
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Engineer tells court the 2008 Bkt Antarabangsa landslide likely …
... loose soil from earth dumping by the developer, a poorly maintained drainage system, prolonged rainfall in Oct and Nov 2008, soil creep' which caused cracks ... «The Star Online, Apr 13»
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Nature's Architecture Follows Simple Math
Running the model on a simulated landscape, the researchers found that as they turned up river incision — or turned down soil creep — a river basin with a ... «Laboratory Equipment, Dec 12»
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Solving the Mystery of River Formation
One would expect incision to spread indefinitely if unchecked, but a process called soil creep smoothes over the land, filling up the cracks with a slow, yet steady ... «Wired, Dec 12»
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Researchers find a common angle and tipping point of branching …
Running the model on a simulated landscape, the researchers found that as they turned up river incision—or turned down soil creep—a river basin with a single ... «Phys.Org, Dec 12»
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New Irish Sounds: Soil Creep
Soil Creep's debut (and likely only) release comes after two years of on-and-off recording and is soon to become an inanimate object with the help of ... «hotpress.com, Nov 12»

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