Patterned frozen soils get their shape from gravity and funky physics

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Jul 12, 2026, 12:00 pm334 ptsTop
Hillslopes in Arctic regions with frozen soils can host a suite of geometric patterns, from circles and stripes to polygonal patterned ground. They can also have solifluction patterns, or markings left behind when partially thawed permafrost slips and flows down a slope. Solifluction patterns look like pairings…

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