Periglacial Geomorphology - Their Glacial and Periglacial Geomorphology, Vol 1 Author:Clifford Embleton When Glacial and Periglacial Geomorphology was published in 1968, it at once became established as the standard work in its field throughout the world. It has now been comprehensively revised and substantially enlarged. In recognition of recent progress in research and the rapid growth of accompanying literature, Periglacial Geomorphology is now... more » published as an entirely independent volume.
The book opens with a general survey of the periglacial environment, including sections on frost action, chemical weathering, running water and the coastal and lakeshore phenomena of arctic regions. Chapter 2 is concerned with frozen ground and considers, for example, the information derived from the exploitation of mineral resources and the development of major settlements and transport lines in arctic regions. Chapter 3 examines patterned ground, and chapter 4 the part played by snow, both in terms of nivation associated with stationary snow patches and of the geomorphological significance of avalanches. Periglacial mass movement phenomena, the focus of a major research effort in recent years, and cryoplanation are the subjects of chapters 5 and 6. The book concludes with a discussion of wind action, with particular emphasis on fossil periglacial eolian deposits, such as loess, covers and and dunes.
Extensive bibliographies are included at the end of each chapter and there is a detailed index. Analysis, synthesis and evaluation are as important as research itself: like its companion, Glacial Geomorphology, this book is not only an essential source of reference, but an original contribution to its subject.
'This is an ambitious and valuable book which will be widely used. The authors are to be congratulated on the results of what must have been a difficult task.' GeographicalJournal (of the first edition)
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