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Wind as a Geomorphic Agent in Cold Climates

Part of Studies in Polar Research

  • 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.

    • 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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    Matti Seppälä, University of Helsinki

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