Matti Seppälä

Wind as a Geomorphic Agent

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 832g
• ISBN-13: 9780521564069
• ISBN-10: 0521564069
• Artikelnr.: 21613839

Inhaltsangabe

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.