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Harris, C and Murton, Julian B (2005) Croyspheric systems: glaciers and permafrost. Geological Society of London. ISBN 9781862391758
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The introduction of the term periglacial by Lozinski in 1909 to describe the cold-climate conditions in the zone adjacent to, but beyond, the Pleistocene glaciers encouraged the separate development of geocryological and glaciological research. Geological and geomorphological processes at the interface between glaciers and permafrost have, as a result, been given less attention than they warrant, and the influence of one on the other has in many respects been neglected. This book includes a collection of papers that emphasize glacier-permafrost interactions. Papers consider permafrost and its influence on glacitectonic processes, glacial meltwater systems and ground-ice development in proglacial and ice-marginal environments. In addition, recent research findings are reported on paraglacial processes, permafrost evolution, rock glaciers, the formation of ice-wedge casts and periglacial slope evolution.
It is hoped that this book will stimulate interest in the interface between glacial and periglacial systems, and encourage further collaborative research involving glaciologists and glacial geologists on the one hand, and geocryologists and permafrost scientists on the other.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Schools and Departments: | School of Global Studies > Geography |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) > G0001 Geography (General) |
| Depositing User: | Julian Murton |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2012 15:16 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2012 10:45 |
| URI: | http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/11410 |