Matti Seppälä: Wind as a Geomorphic Agent

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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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2004
Fachbereich:	Geografie
Genre:	Geowissenschaften , Importe
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
ISBN-13:	9780521564069
ISBN-10:	0521564069
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Seppälä, Matti
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	250 x 175 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	Matti Seppälä
Erscheinungsdatum:	17.06.2004
Gewicht:	0,83 kg