The Periglaciation of Great Britain

Klappentext
The effects of periglaciation on the British landscape are synthesised in this 1997 text.

Zusammenfassung
This 1994 book provides a synthesis of theory in periglacial geomorphology and applies this to the study of periglacial phenomena in Great Britain. The first part introduces the chronological and environmental background to periglaciation in Britain. The second and third deal respectively with the periglaciation of lowland and upland Britain.

Inhalt
Part I. Introduction and Context: 1. Introduction; 2. Quaternary environmental change in Great Britain; 3. Periglacial environments; Part II. The Periglaciation of Lowland Britain: 4. Ice wedge casts and relict tundra polygons; 5. Ground ice depressions and related phenomena; 6. Active layer processes: cryoturbation and patterned ground; 7. Periglacial mass-wasting and slope evolution in lowland Britain; 8. Lowland landscape modification by fluvial and aeolian processes; Part III. The Periglaciation of Up-Land Britain: 9. Frost weathering and mountain-top detritus; 10. Patterned ground on British mountains; 11. Solifluction landforms in upland Britain; 12. Talus slopes and related landforms; 13. Nival, fluvial, aeolian and coastal features; Part VI. Periglacial Environments: 14. Past and present periglacial environments.

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