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Journal articles on the topic "Periglacial areas"

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Stachoň, Zdeněk, Jan Russnák, Daniel Nývlt, and Filip Hrbáček. "Stabilisation of geodetic points in the surroundings of Johann Gregor Mendel Station, James Ross Island, Antarctica." Czech Polar Reports 4, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 80–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cpr2014-1-9.

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The article is focused on issuing of the permanent stabilisation of geodetic points in the periglacial environment. Periglacial environment of ice-free areas of northern James Ross Island is characterised by specific geomorphological processes connected with freezing and thawing and mass movement processes in the superficial part of the ground. Variable intensity of periglacial processes creates main limitations for traditional methods of permanent geodetic point’s stabilisation. This article describes periglacial processes with regards to the traditional stabilisation methods and suggests alternative solutions, which were practically applied and verified on the ice-free area of Ulu Peninsula, northern James Ross Island.
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Berry, T. W., P. R. Fish, S. J. Price, and N. W. Hadlow. "Chapter 10 Periglacial geohazards in the UK." Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications 29, no. 1 (2020): 259–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/egsp29.10.

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AbstractAlmost all areas of the UK have been affected by periglaciation during the Quaternary and, as such, relict periglacial geohazards can provide a significant technical and commercial risk for many civil engineering projects. The processes and products associated with periglaciation in the relict periglacial landscape of the UK are described in terms of their nature and distribution, the hazards they pose to engineering projects, and how they might be monitored and mitigated. A periglacial landsystems classification is applied here to show its application to the assessment of ground engineering hazards within upland and lowland periglacial geomorphological terrains. Techniques for the early identification of the susceptibility of a site to periglacial geohazards are discussed. These include the increased availability of high-resolution aerial imagery such as Google Earth, which has proved to be a valuable tool in periglacial geohazard identification when considered in conjunction with the more usual sources of desk study information such as geological, geomorphological and topographical publications. Descriptions of periglacial geohazards and how they might impact engineering works are presented, along with suggestions for possible monitoring and remediation strategies.
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Lautridou, J. P., B. Francou, and K. Hall. "Present-day periglacial processes and landforms in mountain areas." Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 3, no. 2 (April 1992): 93–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.3430030206.

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Dobiński, Wojciech, Mariusz Grabiec, and Michał Glazer. "Cold–temperate transition surface and permafrost base (CTS-PB) as an environmental axis in glacier–permafrost relationship, based on research carried out on the Storglaciären and its forefield, northern Sweden." Quaternary Research 88, no. 3 (September 14, 2017): 551–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qua.2017.65.

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AbstractHere, we present empirical ground penetrating radar (GPR) and electroresistivity tomography data (ERT) to verify the cold-temperate transition surface-permafrost base (CTS-PB) axis theoretical model. The data were collected from Storglaciären, in Tarfala, Northern Sweden, and its forefield. The GPR results show a material relation between the glacial ice and the sediments incorporated in the glacier, and a geophysical relation between the “cold ice” and the “temperate ice” layers. Clearly identifying lateral glacier margins is difficult, as periglacial and glacial environments frequently overlap. In this case, we identified areas showing permafrost aggradation already under the glacier, particularly where the CTS is replaced by the PB surface. This structure appears as a result of the influence of a cold climate over both the glacial and periglacial environments. The results show how these surfaces form a specific continuous environmental axis; thus, both glacial and periglacial areas can be treated uniformly as a specific continuum in the geophysical sense. Similarly, other examples previously described also allow identifying a continuation of permafrost from the periglacial environment onto the glacial base. In addition, the ERT results show the presence of double-layered periglacial permafrost, possibly suggesting a past climatic fluctuation in the study area.
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Chauhan, Raju, and Sudeep Thakuri. "Periglacial environment in Nepal Himalaya: Present contexts and future prospects." Nepal Journal of Environmental Science 5 (December 4, 2017): 35–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njes.v5i0.22713.

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Periglacial environment in the Nepal Himalaya (80°04’ to 88°12’ E longitude and 26°22’ to 30°27’ N latitude) is a research field that has received a little scientific attention although the first reported periglacial research was in 1958. After the first periglacial research, only 22 studies are reported in Nepal (area: 147,181 km2), most of which is carried out by researchers outside the country. Studies mainly focus on periglacial landforms and determining the lower limit of the mountain permafrost. The mean lower limit of permafrost (LLP) and the size of rock glaciers indicate a decreasing trend of the permafrost limit from the eastern (5239 m a.s.l.) to the western part of Nepal (4513 m a.s.l.). The rate of change in the LLP in response to climate change in Nepal Himalaya is 1.3–2.6 m/yr. Model on the scenario of permafrost change based on the IPCC climate scenarios shows that the LLP would rise by 188 m between 2009 and 2039 with the rise in temperature. The periglacial landforms, like vegetated patterned ground (earth hummocks, turf banked terraces), sorted polygons, sorted stripes, solifluction lobes, striated ground, and rock glaciers are reported from the Nepal Himalaya. The spatial and temporal coverage of periglacial research in Nepal Himalaya is very low. The arena of periglacial researches, like permafrost distribution modelling, periglacial hazards, periglacial ecology, relationships between permafrost and rangeland, and implication on mountain livelihood, global warming and periglacial change are the potential areas of research in the coming days.
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Egholm, D. L., J. L. Andersen, M. F. Knudsen, J. D. Jansen, and S. B. Nielsen. "The periglacial engine of mountain erosion – Part 2: Modelling large-scale landscape evolution." Earth Surface Dynamics Discussions 3, no. 2 (April 22, 2015): 327–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esurfd-3-327-2015.

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Abstract. An increasing number of studies point to a strong periglacial control on bedrock erosion in mountain landscapes. Periglacial processes have also been suggested to control the formation of block-fields on high-elevation, low-relief surfaces (summit flats) found in many alpine landscapes. However, to which degree periglacial processes took part in accelerating global erosion rates in response to Late Cenozoic cooling still remains as an unanswered question. In this study, we present a landscape evolution model that incorporates two periglacial processes; frost cracking and frost creep, which both depend on the mean annual temperature (MAT) and sediment thickness. The model experiments allow us to time-integrate the contribution of periglacial processes to mountain topography over million-year time scales. It is a robust result of our experiments that periglacial frost activity leads to the formation of smooth summit flats at elevations dominated by cold climatic conditions through time periods of millions of years. Furthermore, a simplistic scaling of temperatures to δ18O values through the late-Cenozoic indicates that many of the highest summit flats in mid- to high-latitude mountain ranges can have formed prior to the Quaternary. The model experiments also suggest that cooling in the Quaternary accelerated periglacial erosion by expanding the areas affected by periglacial erosion significantly. A computational experiment combining glacial and periglacial erosion furthermore suggests that landscape modifications associated with glacial activity may increase the long-term average efficiency of the frost-related processes.
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Hamelin, Louis-Edmond, and Peter Clibbon. "Vocabulaire périglaciaire bilingue." Cahiers de géographie du Québec 6, no. 12 (April 12, 2005): 201–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/020381ar.

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A considerable lack of agreement exists, particularly between French and English-speaking geomorphologists, on the precise use of many periglacial terms, and up to the presenty there bas been little correlation of the periglacial terminology of these two languages. Accordingly, the authors have prepared a bilingual glossary of 900 periglacial terms in an attempt to eliminate some of this confusion. Many of the problems encountered in the preparation of this glossary result from different conceptions of the terms « periglacial » and « périglaciaire ». Periglacial studies are generally considered to involve analyses of permanently frozen ground, patterned ground and frost-shattering, whereas the term « périglaciaire »refers to the systematic study of all « cold »processes (except those associated with glacier ice) and their resultant phenomena. The term thus includes, amongst other things, gelifraction, gelifluction, geliturbation, fluvioperiglacial action, effect of sea, lake, river and ground ice, windwork in areas of cold climate, action of snow, and chemical erosion by meltwater.
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Buček, Antonín, Jaromír Kolejka, and Robert Kostka. "Selected landscape forming-processes in the volcanic Putorana Plateau (Taymir, Siberia)." Geografie 101, no. 3 (1996): 232–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.37040/geografie1996101030232.

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The development and products of the natural processes present in the hard rock and weak rock areas of the volcanic Putorana Plateau were studied. Intensive frost weathering causes the degradation of glacial land forms and the formation of periglacial forms. A progressive permafrost degradation occurs on valley bottoms, accompanied by alas lake origin, peat mound creation, pingo degradation and periglacial soil development.
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Uxa, Tomáš, Marek Křížek, and Filip Hrbáček. "PERICLIMv1.0: a model deriving palaeo-air temperatures from thaw depth in past permafrost regions." Geoscientific Model Development 14, no. 4 (April 7, 2021): 1865–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1865-2021.

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Abstract. Periglacial features, such as various kinds of patterned ground, cryoturbations, frost wedges, solifluction structures, and blockfields, are among the most common relics of cold climate periods, which repetitively occurred throughout the Quaternary. As such, they are widespread archives of past environmental conditions. Climate controls on the development of most periglacial features, however, remain poorly known, and thus empirical palaeo-climate reconstructions based on them have limited validity. This study presents and evaluates a simple new inverse modelling scheme called PERICLIMv1.0 (PERIglacial CLIMate) that derives palaeo-air temperature characteristics related to the palaeo-active-layer thickness, which can be recognized using many relict periglacial features found in past permafrost regions. The evaluation against modern temperature records showed that the model reproduces air temperature characteristics with average errors ≤1.3 ∘C. The past mean annual air temperature modelled experimentally for two sites in the Czech Republic hosting relict cryoturbation structures was between -7.0±1.9 and -3.2±1.5 ∘C, which is well in line with earlier reconstructions utilizing various palaeo-archives. These initial results are promising and suggest that the model could become a useful tool for reconstructing Quaternary palaeo-environments across vast areas of mid-latitudes and low latitudes where relict periglacial assemblages frequently occur, but their full potential remains to be exploited.
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Terhorst, B. "Periglacial cover beds and soils in landslide areas of SW-Germany." CATENA 71, no. 3 (December 2007): 467–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2007.03.021.

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Wilmot, Nicola. "Periglacial landforms of the Ahlmannryggen and Jutulsessen areas of western Dronning Maud land, Antarctica." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/61535.

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Periglacial landforms are a common occurrence in Ahlmannryggen and Jutulsessen areas of western Dronning Maud land (WDML). Classification and formation of these landforms were disputed in literature. In Antarctica information on periglacial landforms is limited or confined to a specific landform. Thus a holistic approach was taken when investigating the periglacial landforms found in WDML. An overview of the existing knowledge base on periglacial landforms in WDML was given which was coupled with the analysis of archival data. The landforms found in this area were patterned ground, openwork block deposits (OBD), rock glaciers, terraces, a pronival rampart and lake ice blisters. With patterned ground being the common periglacial landform in WDML, heave monitoring was used where time-lapse videos were used to investigate the formation processes in patterned ground. From consolidating existing knowledge as well as adding new knowledge on the formation of periglacial landforms, it is clear that the landforms in Antarctica should not be compared to other examples, especially examples from the northern hemisphere. Further research in the formation of periglacial landforms is needed and can be further enhanced with more extensive use of the heave monitoring method in future research.
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Bullmann, Heike. "Eigenschaften und Genese periglazialer Deckschichten auf Carbonatgesteinen des Muschelkalks in einem Teilgebiet der ostthüringischen Triaslandschaft: Genesis and properties of periglacial slope deposits on calcareous rocks of the Muschelkalk formation in an area of the eastern Thuringian Triassic landscape." Doctoral thesis, 2010. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A11163.

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Periglaziale Deckschichten auf carbonatreichen Gesteinen der geologischen Formation des Muschelkalks sind bisher nur peripher Gegenstand wissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen innerhalb der Deckschichtenfor-schung. Um diese Lücke zu schließen, widmet sich die vorliegende Arbeit dem Aufbau des oberflächenna-hen Untergrundes im Muschelkalk in einem Teilgebiet in der ostthüringischen Triaslandschaft. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die periglazialen Deckschichten in Abhängigkeit von lithologischen Gesteins-merkmalen und Relieffaktoren (Exposition, Neigung) eine hohe räumliche Heterogenität hinsichtlich der stoff-lichen Zusammensetzung, der vertikalen Gliederung und Gründigkeit aufweisen. Sie sind in Basislagen (LB), Mittellagen (LM) und Hauptlagen (LH) gegliedert, die ihrerseits eigenständige Schichten beinhalten können. Die Lagenbildungen über carbonatreichen Gesteinen des Muschelkalks weisen Besonderheiten im Aufbau, in den stofflichen Eigenschaften und in ihrer Genese auf. Die Basislagen sind in der Regel mehrgliedrig entwickelt und können bis zu drei, faziell zu unterscheidende Substratkomplexe enthalten. Dies sind i) eine skelettfreie Kalksteinbraunlehm-Fließerde (LB-F), ii) ein Kalk-steinbraunlehmschutt (LB-1) und iii) ein Kalksteinschutt (LB-2). Die Zweiteilung der Basislagenschutte sowie die Abfolge LB-1/ LB-2 (LB-1 über LB-2) können als charakteristische Merkmale der Basislagenbildung über Muschelkalk herausgestellt werden. Skelettfreie Kalksteinbraunlehme (LB-F) stellen eine Besonderheit auf Carbonatgesteinen dar, da vergleichbare Bildungen auf quarz- und silikatreichen Standorten fehlen. Die Hauptlagen werden in eine schluffreiche (LH) und tonreiche (LHT) Fazies unterschieden. Beide zeichnen sich durch eine vollständige Skelettfreiheit aus, die ebenfalls als übergreifendes Merkmal über Muschelkalk gelten kann. Zwei Mittellagentypen sind mit skelettfreier Mittellage (LM) und skeletthaltiger Mittellage (LMs) vertreten. Die Genese der Basislagenabfolge LB-F/ LB-1/ LB-2 fand vollständig im Weichselglazial statt und schließt eine periglaziale Genese der Kalksteinbraunlehme ein. Die Beteiligung von Spülprozessen an der (Geli-) Solifluktion hat die Akkumulation von Lösungsrückständen (= Kalksteinbraunlehm) gefördert. Die Zweiteilung der Basisschutte kann ebenfalls durch die Mitwirkung ablualer Prozesse erklärt werden. Die Kalksteinbraun-lehm-Fließerde entstand synsedimentär zur Bildung der Basislagenschutte durch laterale Ausspülung. Die Variabilität der Lössedimente wird neben Luv-/Lee-Effekten und präsedimentäre karstartige Hohlformen vor allem auch über eine differenzierte periglaziale Bodenfeuchte- und Vegetationsverteilung gesteuert. In der Arbeit wurden u.a. der gU/fU-Quotient, pedogene Eisenoxide (Feo, Fed), Gesamteisengehalt (Fet), Fet/Ton-Quotient und (Fed-Feo/(Fet/Ton)-Quotient (nach GÜNSTER et al. 2001) sowie die Korrelation von Tongehalt und pedogenem Eisen für alle oben genannten Substrate ermittelt. Eine integrative Betrachtung dieser Parameter ist grundsätzlich geeignet, primäre Sedimenteigenschaften der Substrate herauszustellen und eine pedogenetische Überprägung abzugrenzen. Darüber hinaus erlauben sie Aussagen zur Genese. Der Tongehalt der Mittellagen konnte neben der Überformung durch Tonverlagerung als sedimentogene Ei-genschaft belegt werden. Kalksteinbraunlehme mit weniger als 65% Tongehalt müssen nicht grundsätzlich lösslehmbeeinflusst sein. Rezente Lösungsprozesse und eine rezente Weiterbildung der Kalksteinbraunleh-me konnten auch im Liegenden mächtigerer Lösssedimente nachgewiesen werden. Es wird gezeigt, wie die periglazialen Decksedimente in ihrer räumlichen, vertikalen und stofflichen Variabilität Einfluss auf die Heterogenität der Bodendecke nehmen.
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Books on the topic "Periglacial areas"

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White, Janet M. Engineering geomorphological mapping techniques for roadworks in periglacial areas. [London]: Queen Mary College, 1985.

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Book chapters on the topic "Periglacial areas"

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Tobler, Daniel, Peter Mani, Rachel Riner, Nils Haehlen, and Hugo Raetzo. "Prediction of Climate Change Forced Mass Movement Processes Induced in Periglacial Areas." In Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 1, 143–47. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09300-0_27.

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Chicco, Jessica Maria, Marco Frasca, Giuseppe Mandrone, Damiano Vacha, and Laurie Jayne Kurilla. "Global Warming as a Predisposing Factor for Landslides in Glacial and Periglacial Areas: An Example from Western Alps (Aosta Valley, Italy)." In Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk, 229–35. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60319-9_26.

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Bertotto, Stefania, Luigi Perotti, Marco Bacenetti, Elisa Damiano, Chiarle Marta, and Marco Giardino. "Integrated Geomatic Techniques for Assessing Morphodynamic Processes and Related Hazards in Glacial and Periglacial Areas (Western Italian Alps) in a Context of Climate Change." In Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 1, 173–76. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09300-0_33.

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Fiedler, H. J., and W. Hofmann. "Soil Characteristics of Forest Ecosystems Developed Within the Formerly Periglacial Area of Central Europe." In Responses of Forest Ecosystems to Environmental Changes, 76–84. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2866-7_8.

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Guo, Ying, Wei Shan, Zhaoguang Hu, and Hua Jiang. "Cut Slope Icing Formation Mechanism and Its Influence on Slope Stability in Periglacial Area." In Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides, 183–89. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53483-1_21.

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Kolstrup, Else. "Periglacial Geomorphology." In The Physical Geography of Western Europe. Oxford University Press, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199277759.003.0014.

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Many present landscape elements in western and central Europe are to a large extent the result of periglacial processes that prevailed during cold periods more than 10,000 years ago. As with the glacial chapter, this account of the periglacial geomorphology also needs to base itself upon processes that no longer or only to a limited extent take place in the areas today. Consequently, this chapter will include an overview of some of the most important periglacial processes and deposits and their effects upon landscape development as influenced by variations in periglacial environmental conditions, lithology, and vegetation cover. Most landscapes that were glaciated during the Weichselian have accentuated relief, especially where subsequent human modification has been relatively modest. It is probable that the glaciated parts of Europe were also accentuated after the Saalian glaciation, but today smooth surfaces and gentle slopes characterize the Saalian areas. During interglacial periods relatively little landscape modification has taken place, and the difference in morphology between the Weichselian glacial landscape and the areas beyond is mainly due to the activity of periglacial processes. As a consequence these European landscapes can be regarded as periglacial. Even where a periglacial overprinting can be strongly demonstrated in the geomorphology of many western European landscapes the expression ‘periglacial landscape’ has not been widely used. There may be two main reasons for this. First, even if landforms resulting from periglacial processes may be geographically widespread, they are not normally as eye-catching and morphologically diverse on a local scale as are those resulting from glacial activity. Secondly, it is difficult to geographically delimit a periglacial area: in relation to a glaciated area where the criterion is whether the ice was there or not, the delineation of a periglacial area is dependent on much more subtle features and arbitrary criteria. Further, landscapes that show general imprints of past periglacial conditions often contain areas that bear identifiable imprints of the dominant activity of a single agent, such as water, wind, or gravity. Even if some of these activities may be particularly efficient in cold climates, they are nevertheless of a wider occurrence.
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Hughes, Philip, and Jamie Woodward. "Glacial and Periglacial Environments." In The Physical Geography of the Mediterranean. Oxford University Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199268030.003.0024.

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Traditionally, glacial and periglacial geomorphology has not featured prominently in discussions about the physical geography of the Mediterranean basin. It is now clear, however, that on numerous occasions during the Pleistocene, and to a lesser extent during the Little Ice Age (LIA), glacial and periglacial activity was widespread in many of the region’s mountain ranges (Hughes et al. 2006a; Hughes and Woodward 2008). Even today, small glaciers and active periglacial features can be found on the highest peaks. Many mountain landscapes in the Mediterranean basin are therefore the product of glacial and periglacial processes that have fluctuated in intensity and spatial extent through the Quaternary. Glacial processes are defined here as those occurring as a result of dynamic glacier ice. The periglacial zone is sometimes defined as non-glacial areas where the mean annual temperature is less than 3°C (French 1996: 20). However, cryogenic processes can be important in landform development, even in areas of shallow frost over a wide range of mean annual temperatures. Thus, the term ‘periglacial’ is applied here to areas characterized by cold-climate processes—where frost and nival processes are important—but where glaciers are absent. Glacial and periglacial processes in the uplands can exert considerable influence upon geomorphological systems at lower elevations. Fluvial systems, for example, over a range of timescales have been shown to be especially sensitive to changes in sediment supply and water discharge from glaciated mountain headwaters (Gurnell and Clark 1987; Woodward et al. 2008). Nonetheless, the geomorphological impacts of glaciation are most clearly evident in the Mediterranean mountains where the erosional and depositional legacy is frequently well preserved. Cirques, glacial lakes, icescoured valleys, moraines, pronival ramparts, relict rock glaciers, and other glacial and periglacial features can be found in many Mediterranean mountain ranges (Hughes et al. 2006a). Upland limestone terrains are widespread across the Mediterranean and many of these landscapes have been shaped by a combination of glacial and karstic processes (Chapter 10). In fact, glacio-karst is probably the dominant landscape in many mountain regions, including the Dinaric Alps of Croatia/Bosnia/Montenegro (Nicod 1968), the Cantabrian Mountains of Spain (Smart 1986) and the Pindus Mountains of Greece (Waltham 1978; Woodward et al. 2004; Hughes et al. 2006b).
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Taillant, Jorge Daniel. "The Barrick Veto." In Glaciers. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199367252.003.0010.

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Buenos Aires, Argentina—October 23, 2008. The team at the Environment Secretariat could not believe the outcome of the congressional vote the previous day, October 22. Argentina had achieved the world’s first national glacier protection law, the Minimum Standards Law for the Protection of Glaciers and the Periglacial Environment. The law was strongly conservationist and excluded all industrial activities on or near glaciers and in the periglacial environment. It declared glaciers a strategic reserve, defined glaciers broadly to protect even small perennial ice patches, and banned mining in glacier and periglacial areas. Some of the more salient text read:. . . Article 1. The present law establishes the minimum standards for the protection of glaciers and the periglacial environment with the objective of preserving them as strategic reserves of hydrological resources and as providers of water recharge for hydrographic basins. Article 2. Definition. To the effects of the present law, glaciers are all perennial stable or slowly flowing ice mass, with or without interstitial water, formed by the recrystallization of snow, located in different ecosystems, no matter what their size, dimension or state of conservation. The rock debris material of each glacier is considered a constituent part of the glacier, as are the internal and superficial water courses. Likewise, the periglacial environment is the area of the high mountain with frozen grounds that acts as a regulator of hydrological resources. Article 6. Prohibited Activities. The following activities are hereby prohibited on glaciers as they could affect their natural condition or the functions cited in Article 1, or as they would imply their destruction, moving, or interference with their movement, in particular: a)The liberation, dispersion or deposit of contaminating substances or elements, chemical products or residue of any nature or volume. The construction of architectural works or infrastructure with the exception of those necessary for scientific research. Mining or hydrocarbon exploration or exploitation. This restriction includes activities in periglacial areas saturated in ice. Emplacement of industries. . . . It took a while for the implications of the law to sink in.
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Migon, Piotr. "Cold-Climate Granite Landscapes." In Granite Landscapes of the World. Oxford University Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199273683.003.0015.

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Inselbergs, tors, boulder fields, and pediments are repetitive landforms of many low- to mid-latitude granite landscapes, whether in humid or in arid environments. Although there have been attempts to link these landforms to certain specific climatic environments, their actual distribution, as shown in the preceding chapters, speaks clearly for minor climatic control in their development. Therefore, identification of a ‘typical’ granite rainforest, or savanna, or desert landscape does not seem possible. Each of these environments is known to host a variety of distinctive landscapes supported by granite, which will be explored in the next chapter. Likewise, cold environments in high latitudes have long been considered as having a very distinctive geomorphology, in which the factor of rock control matters little, but repeated freezing and thawing is critical. This view is difficult to maintain any longer, especially in the light of recent progress in periglacial geomorphology. The effects of glaciation are more evident, but even there the role of bedrock must not be neglected and formerly glaciated granite terrains do show certain specific features. Many granite terrains are located in cold environments, or have experienced cold-climate conditions in the relatively recent past of the Pleistocene. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that their geomorphic evolution has been influenced by a suite of surface processes characteristic of such settings, collectively termed as ‘periglacial’. Present-day periglacial conditions typify such granite areas as the uplands of Alaska, Yukon, and the northern Rocky Mountains, much of the Canadian Shield, coastal strips of Greenland, northern Scandinavia, extensive tracts of Siberia, and the Tibetan Plateau. Granite areas located further south, in the British Isles, the Iberian Peninsula, the Massif Central, the Harz Mountains, and the Bohemian Massif, were affected by periglacial conditions for most of the Pleistocene. In fact, the most elevated parts of these mountains and uplands experience a mild periglacial environment even today and winter temperatures may remain below 0°C for weeks. The efficacy of present-day frost action is however limited by the insulating snow cover. Some of the granite areas of the southern hemisphere are, or were, within the periglacial realm too.
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Ravindra, Rasik, Badanal Siddaiah Mahesh, and Rahul Mohan. "Geomorphological Insight of Some Ice Free Areas of Eastern Antarctica." In Glaciers and Polar Environment [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.94445.

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The Schirmacher Oasis and Larsemann Hills are among the few significant ice free areas of East Antarctica that are conspicuous due to presence of more than a hundred melt water lakes each, preserving the signatures of climatic variation and deglaciation history since Last Glacial Maximum (19 to 24 ky BP) and beyond. There are evidences, recorded in the lake sediments of low lying Larsemann Hills, of marine transgression due to variation in sea level, isostatic upliftment and close vicinity of the Hills to the marine environment. The Schirmacher Oasis, on the other hand has preserved various landforms-both erosional and depositional- typical of a periglacial environment along with proglacial lakes (incorporating signals of ice-sheet dynamics) and epishelf lakes (signatures of marine influence) .
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Conference papers on the topic "Periglacial areas"

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Amantov, Aleksey, Aleksey Amantov, Willy Fjeldskaar, and Willy Fjeldskaar. "ICE AGE AND COASTAL ADAPTATIONS." In Managing risks to coastal regions and communities in a changing world. Academus Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.21610/conferencearticle_58b43153b7e56.

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Eustatic changes have interrelations with other long-term processes, connected with the glacial activity and related isostatic adjustment. Topographic changes in glacial and periglacial areas, linked with sediment- and hydro-isostasy, influence the redistribution of amount of water globally before and after glaciations. Glacial erosion is a significant, but variable factor. Many enclosed basins of different order- including the Baltic -were created or strongly modified by this process. In relation to the ice age onset they can hold additional amount of water, even if related isostasy reduces its volume. Accumulation replaces ocean water by low-compacted sediments, with additional subsidence, but part of deposition remains in coastal areas. Negative topographic elements, previously occupied by central parts of ice sheets (Bothnian, Hudson Bay) would likely remain stable water storage with gradual shallowing up to future system of giant lakes. Hydro-isostasy impacted non-uniform relocation of coastal zone in local and regional scale.
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Amantov, Aleksey, Aleksey Amantov, Willy Fjeldskaar, and Willy Fjeldskaar. "ICE AGE AND COASTAL ADAPTATIONS." In Managing risks to coastal regions and communities in a changing world. Academus Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.31519/conferencearticle_5b1b942b546c29.90248576.

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Eustatic changes have interrelations with other long-term processes, connected with the glacial activity and related isostatic adjustment. Topographic changes in glacial and periglacial areas, linked with sediment- and hydro-isostasy, influence the redistribution of amount of water globally before and after glaciations. Glacial erosion is a significant, but variable factor. Many enclosed basins of different order- including the Baltic -were created or strongly modified by this process. In relation to the ice age onset they can hold additional amount of water, even if related isostasy reduces its volume. Accumulation replaces ocean water by low-compacted sediments, with additional subsidence, but part of deposition remains in coastal areas. Negative topographic elements, previously occupied by central parts of ice sheets (Bothnian, Hudson Bay) would likely remain stable water storage with gradual shallowing up to future system of giant lakes. Hydro-isostasy impacted non-uniform relocation of coastal zone in local and regional scale.
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Schmid, T., J. Lopez-Martinez, S. Guillaso, O. D'Hondt, M. Koch, S. Mink, A. Nieto, and E. Serrano. "Distribution of glacial and periglacial features within ice-free areas surrounding Maxwell Bay (South Shetland Islands) using polarimetric RADARSAT-2 data." In IGARSS 2015 - 2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2015.7326564.

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Strozzi, Tazio, Urs Wegmuller, Charles Werner, and Andrew Kos. "TerraSAR-X interferometry for surface deformation monitoring on periglacial area." In IGARSS 2012 - 2012 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2012.6352434.

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