Alternate actions of freeze-thaw, wind and water generate a unique hybrid soil erosion phenomenon.

The article focuses on the discovery of a hybrid soil erosion phenomenon as identified by freeze-thaw action, wind and water alternations in a complex environmental system. Natural soil erosion processes are known to be caused by single natural agent such as water, wind, gravity or freeze-thaw alternation. This hybrid erosion phenomenon is caused by fluvialoaeolian interactions. It is explained as freeze-thaw-action induced erosion process during winter and spring and thawing and wind interactions during late spring. This unique phenomenon was observed in the Songnen Plains, northeastern China which is affected deeply by Siberian climate regime.