Overview

This volume is mainly concerned with landform and sediment associations in cold regions, and their transformations over time and space in response to changing environments. Most of the chapters adopt a landscape approach, with the goal of describing, interpreting and comparing regional landscapes. The emphasis here is on landscapes that are formed or constrained by cold conditions. In particular, we look at landform morphology, earth surface processes and sediments reflecting the presence of frost, ice and melt water, and the influence upon landscape of cold-adapted plants and animals. The notion of ""transition"" is employed to address the ways in which environmental changes are uniquely expressed through adjustments in landforms and earth surface processes. It is shown that geomorphic transitions have, or tend to, generate their own temporal and spatial shape. They involve mechanisms or patterns of adjustment distinct from, and not readily obvious in, the mere chronology of, say, climate change or tectonics. Examples are discussed from high mountain and glacierized environments, from cold lowlands and coasts. Appropriate theoretical concerns are addressed in relation to the slope stability and extreme mass movement events, paraglacial regimes, changing distributions of permafrost, delta and other cold coastal development.

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Author:   Kenneth Hewitt ,  Mary-Louise Byrne ,  Michael English ,  Gordon Young
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2002 ed.
Volume:   68
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.200kg
ISBN:  

9781402006630

ISBN 10:   1402006632
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   30 June 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

One Glacial and High Mountain Environments.- One Development of Landform and Sediment Assemblages at Maritime High-arctic Glaciers.- Two Proglacial and Paraglacial Fluvial and Lacustrine Environments in Transition.- Three Postglacial Landform and Sediment Associations in a Landslide-fragmented River System: the TransHimalayan Indus Streams, Central Asia.- Four Fluvial Sediment Transfer in Cold Regions.- Two Cold Lowland and Coastal Environments.- Five Where on Earth is Permafrost? Boundaries and Transitions.- Six Typical Aspects of Cold Regions Shorelines.- Seven Landform Development in an Arctic Delta: The Roles of Snow, Ice and Permafrost.- Eight The Search for an Arctic Coasta Karren Model in Norway and Spitzbergen.- Nine Sedimentary Characteristics, Biological Zonation and Physical Processes of the Tidal Flats of Iqaluit, Nunavut.

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