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- Periglaciation (adjective: "periglacial", referring to places at the edges of glacial areas) describes geomorphic processes that result from seasonal thawing...
- with a history of volcanic activity, alpine and subpolar climates and periglaciation. Blockfields differ from screes and talus slope in that blockfields...
- environment of relatively arid periglaciation without permafrost, but with deep seasonal freezing on south-facing slopes. Periglaciation in the eastern Drakensberg...
- notably during prolonged cold phases during the Quaternary ice ages – periglaciation. Where joints happen to be unusually widely spaced, core blocks can...
- possible that recent climate change has diminished the intensity of periglaciation. Knight and Grab mapped out the distribution of lightning strikes in...
- geomorphologist and soil scientist known for introducing the concept of periglaciation into geomorphology in 1909. Łoziński extended the work of Swedish geologist...
- 1016/j.pgeola.2011.09.007. Ballantyne, C.K.; Harris, C. (1994). The Periglaciation of Great Britain. Cambridge University Press. pp. 153–154. ISBN 9780521310161...
- northern shields that have been subject to Quaternary glaciation and periglaciation are distinct from those found closer to the equator. Shield relief,...
- meters since middle Pliocene times. Landforms resulting from Quaternary periglaciation are recurrent across the peninsula. Among the most common are block...
- Edinburgh p140 ISBN 0707303257 Ballantyne, C.K. & Harris, C. 1994 The Periglaciation of Great Britain, Cambridge University Press, pp240-241 ISBN 0521310164...