Periglacial Processes And Environments

Author : Hugh M. French
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119132797
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Periglacial Environment written by Hugh M. French and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Periglacial Environment, Fourth Edition, is an authoritative overview of the world’s cold, non-glacial environments. First published in 1976 and subsequently revised in 1996 and 2007, the text has been the international standard for nearly 40 years. The Fourth Edition continues to be a personal interpretation of the frost-induced conditions, geomorphic processes and landforms that characterize periglacial environments. Part One discusses the periglacial concept and describes the typical climates and ecosystems that are involved. Part Two describes the geocryology (permafrost science) associated with frozen ground. Part Three outlines the weathering and geomorphic processes associated with cold-climate conditions. Part Four provides insight into the periglacial environments of the Quaternary, especially the Late Pleistocene. Part Five describes some of the problems associated with human occupancy in regions that experience frozen ground and cold-climate conditions. Extensively revised and updated Written by an expert with over 50 years of field research Draws upon the author’s personal experience from Northern Canada, Alaska, Siberia, Tibet, Antarctica, Svalbard, Scandinavia, southern South America, Western Europe and eastern North America This book is an invaluable reference for advanced undergraduates in geography, geology, earth sciences and environmental sciences programs, and to resource managers and geotechnical engineers interested in cold regions.

Author : Albert Lincoln Washburn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781932846287
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geocryology written by Albert Lincoln Washburn and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, originally published in 1980, provides a comprehensive overview of frost-action and mass-wasting processes and their effects, present and past. As warming of permafrost is becoming an increasingly important component of global climate change research, this text is also of increasing relevance. Geocryology is included in the title to emphasize the pervasive influence of ice and its phase changes in these processes. This book is neither a formal text nor a reference manual but something of both and a guide to the enormous literature. The text is illustrated with over 200 photographs and diagrams. The following topics are covered: Environmental factors, frozen ground, general frost-action processes, some periglacial forms, mass-wasting processes and forms, nivation, slopewash, fluvial action, lacrustine and marine action, wind action, thermokarst, environmental overview and environmental reconstructions. L. Washburn was the first executive director of the Arctic Institute of North America. He dedicated his life to fieldwork and the intensive study of the Arctic and Polar Regions in general, focusing on glacial and periglacial environments and Quaternary history of the earth. Dr. Washburn was Professor Emeritus in the department of Geological Sciences and the Quaternary Research Center at the University of Washington, and former Director of its Quaternary Research Center. He was deeply involved in the establishment of the journal Arctic and was founder and former Editor of Quaternary Research.

Author : Colin K. Ballantyne
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405100060
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Periglacial Geomorphology written by Colin K. Ballantyne and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Albert Lincoln Washburn
Publisher : London : E. Arnold
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Periglacial Processes and Environments written by Albert Lincoln Washburn and published by London : E. Arnold. This book was released on 1973 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : A. Washburn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780312600952
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Periglacial Processes and Environments written by A. Washburn and published by . This book was released on 1973-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jasper Knight
Publisher : Geological Society of London
ISBN 13 : 9781862392816
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Periglacial and Paraglacial Processes and Environments written by Jasper Knight and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2009 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Periglacial and paraglacial environments, located outside ice sheet margins but responding to similar climate forcings, are key to identifying climate change effects upon the Earth system. These environments are relicts of cold Earth processes and so are most sensitive to global warming. Changes in the distribution and thickness of permafrost in continental interiors have implications for ecosystem and landscape stability. Periglacial Alpine environments are experiencing increased rockfall and mass movement, leading to rock glacier instability and sediment release to downstream rivers. In turn, these landscape effects impact on natural hazards and human activities in these sensitive and geologically transient environments.

Author : David Anderson
Publisher : Hodder Murray
ISBN 13 : 9780340812471
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glacial and Periglacial Environments written by David Anderson and published by Hodder Murray. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Access to Geography: Glacial and Periglacial Environments gives a comprehensive guide to the subject through such topics as distribution, formation, landscapes, processes and effects on the physical environment. It follows the Access series, with key words defined at the beginning of the chapter, a summary of the key issues, up-to-date case studies and exam questions at the end.

Author : Ireneo Peter Martini
Publisher : Geological Society of London
ISBN 13 : 9781862393271
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ice-marginal and Periglacial Processes and Sediments written by Ireneo Peter Martini and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2011 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the sediments deposited by glaciers or other cold-climate processes assumes enhanced significance in the context of current global warming and the predicted melt and retreat of glaciers and ice sheets. This volume analyses glacial, proglacial and periglacial settings. Papers include topics such as sedimentation at termini of tidewater glaciers, poorly understood high-mountain features, and slope and aeolian deposits that have been sourced in glacial and periglacial regions and subsequently transported and deposited by azonal processes. Difficulties encountered in inferring Pleistocene and pre-Pleistocene cold-climate conditions when the sedimentary record lacks specific diagnostic indicators are discussed. The main objective of this volume is to establish the validity and limitations of the evidence that is used to achieve reliable palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic reconstructions. On the much longer geological timescale, an understanding of ice-marginal and periglacial environments may better prepare us for the unavoidable reversal towards cooler and perhaps even glacial times in the future.

Author : Arctic Institute of North America
Publisher : Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Periglacial Environment written by Arctic Institute of North America and published by Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clifford Embleton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glacial and Periglacial Geomorphology written by Clifford Embleton and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: