Wind as a Geomorphic Agent in Cold Climates
Part of Studies in Polar Research
- Author: Matti Seppälä, University of Helsinki
- Date Published: July 2012
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107405523
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The Arctic is characterized by strangely eroded rocks, special wind-formed lakes, sand dunes and loess deposits that owe their formation to aeolian processes controlled by snow cover and frost formation. This book presents a detailed description and explanation of these wind-generated polar landforms, modern-day as well as those preserved in the geological record. It is an important introduction to this area of geocryology and a useful reference for graduate students and researchers in geomorphology, geology and environmental science.
Read more- Brings together material that has not previously been published in English
- Includes information about high-latitude features that are not discussed in other aeolian geomorphology books
- Contains numerous illustrations and photographs to enable the reader to identify and interpret these geomorphological features
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- Date Published: July 2012
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107405523
- length: 378 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 170 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.6kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Delimitation and characterization of cold environments
3. General wind patterns in polar regions
4. Wind drift of mineral material
5. Abrasion
6. Deflation
7. Question of oriented lakes
8. Accumulation
9. Wind directions interpreted from field evidence
10. Ice wedge casts and sand wedges
11. Snow
12. Drift of snow
13. Snow accumulation
14. Deflation of snow cover
15. Snow and frost formation
16. Aeolian landforms indicating palaeowind conditions
References
Index.-
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