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Author French, Hugh M.

Title The periglacial environment / Hugh M. French
Edition Third edition
Published Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley and Sons, [2007]
©2007

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 MELB  551.384 Fre/Pen 2007  AVAILABLE
Description xviii, 458 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Contents Pt. I. The periglacial domain -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Periglacial landscapes? -- 3. Periglacial climates -- Pt. II. Present-day periglacial environments -- 4. Cold-climate weathering -- 5. Permafrost -- 6. Surface features of permafrost -- 7. Ground ice -- 8. Thermokarst -- 9. Hillslope processes and slope involution -- 10. Azonal processes and landforms -- Pt. III. Quaternary and late-pleistocene periglacial environments -- 11. Quaternary periglacial conditions -- 12. Evidence for past permafrost -- 13. Periglacial landscape modification -- Pt. IV. Applied periglacial geomorphology -- 14. Geotechnical and engineering aspects -- 15. Climate change and periglacial environments
Notes Previous ed.: Harlow: Longman, 1996
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [388]-448) and index
Subject Frozen ground.
Glacial landforms.
SUBJECT Cold regions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85027923
LC no. 2006022730
ISBN 0470865881 (hbk.)
047086589X (paperback)
9780470865880 (hbk.)
9780470865897 (paperback)