Periglacial geomorphology
C. K. Ballantyne
Bok · Engelsk · 2017
| Omfang | XIII, 454 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Periglacial environments -- Ground freezing and thawing -- Permafrost -- Ground ice and cryostratigraphy -- Thermal contraction cracking: ice wedges and related landforms -- Pingos, palsas and other frost mounds -- Thermokarst -- Seasonally frozen ground phenomena -- Rock weathering and associated landforms -- Periglacial mass movement and hillslope evolution -- Talus slopes and related landforms -- Fluvial processes and landforms -- Wind action -- Periglacial coasts -- Past periglacial environments -- Climate change and periglacial environments.
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| Emner | Geomorphology.
Periglacial processes. geomorphology permafrost ground freezing periglacial cryostatigraphy landforms pingos thermokarst slopes climate change climate |
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| ISBN | 9781405100069
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