Rock Crawl - Gansekihoko

Japanese: 岩石匍行 - がんせきほこう
Rock Crawl - Gansekihoko

…There are three types of creeping material: rock creep, which is the creeping of individual rock debris; talus creep, which is the collection of rock debris; and soil creep, which is soil creep. In addition, the following types of creeping material are caused by freezing and thawing:

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "rock crawling" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…匍行する物質によって次の三つに分けられる。個々の岩屑の匍行は岩石匍行rock creep,岩屑の集合体である崖錐のそれは崖錐匍行,土の場合は土壌匍行である。また,その原因が凍結融解作用によるものに次のようなものがある。…

※「岩石匍行」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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