Periglacial Processes and Landforms in Britain and Ireland

Herausgeber: Boardman, John; John, Boardman

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines the intimate link between periglacial geomorphology and the fluctuating climates of the Quaternary Period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780521169127
• ISBN-10: 0521169127
• Artikelnr.: 31192600

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Search for Analogues; Section 1. Present
Cold Environments: 1. Periglacial forms of Svalvbard: a review Jonas
Åkerman; 2. Periglacial processes and landforms in the Western Canadian
Arctic H. M. French; 3. Periglacial phenomena of northern Fennoscandia
Matti Seppälä; 4. Spatial and temporal trends in alpine periglacial
studies: implications for paleo reconstruction Colin E. Thorn and Deborah
S. Loewenherz; Section 2. Pleistocene Conditions in Adjacent Europe: 5.
Pleistocene periglacial conditions and geomorphology in north central
Europe Johannes Karte; 6. Weichselian periglacial structures and their
environmental significance: Belgium, the Netherlands, and northern France
A. Pissart; Part II. Britain and Ireland; Section 3. Introduction: 7.
Permafrost stratigraphy in Britain - a first approximation Peter Worsley;
8. Periglacial periods in Ireland William P. Warren; 9. The present-day
periglaciation of upland Britain Colin K. Ballantyne; Section 4. Weathering
and soils: 10. Frost weathered mantles on the Chalk R. B. G. Williams; 11.
Frost and salt weathering as periglacial processes: the results and
implications of some laboratory experiments L. C. Jerwood, D. A. Robinson
and R. B. G. Williams; 12. Effects of the Devensian cold stage on soil
characteristics and distribution in eastern England J. A. Catt; 13.
Periglacial features in the soils of north east Scotland E. A. Fitzpatrick;
14. Characteristic ratios of width to depth-of-sorting for sorted stripes
in the English Lake District Jeff Warburton; 15. Rock platform erosion on
periglacial shores: a modern analogue for Pleistocene rock platforms in
Britain A. G. Dawson, J. A. Matthews and R. A. Shakesby; Section 5.
Permafrost and ground ice: 16. Ramparted ground ice depressions in Britain
and Ireland R. H. Bryant and C. P. Carpenter; 17. Origin of small hollows
in Norfolk R. G. West; 18. The distribution and age of pingo remnants in
Ireland P. Coxon and P. O'Callaghan; 19. The role of thermokarst in
landscape development in eastern England Rodney G. O. Burton; Section 6.
Slopes, Sediments and Mass Wasting: 20. Solifluction and related
periglacial deposits in England and Wales Charles Harris; 21. Periglacial
sediments and landforms in the Isles of Scilly and West Cornwall J. D.
Scourse; 22. Late Devensian periglacial slope deposits in the Cheviot Hills
T. D. Douglas and S. Harrison; 23. Strongly folded structures associated
with permafrost degradation and solifluction at Lyme Regis, Dorset J. N.
Hutchinson and D. W. Hight; 24. Non-marine molluscan faunas of periglacial
deposits in Britain D. H. Keen; 25. Sedimentological aspects of periglacial
terrace aggradations: a case study from the English Midlands Martin Dawson;
26. The periglacial history of Buchan, north east Scotland E. R. Connell
and A. M. Hall; 27. The significance of periglacial features on
Knocknadobar, south west Ireland I. M. Quinn; Index.